http://freshmeat.net/projects/cryptofs/
On May 22, 2006 14:33, Mitchell Brown wrote: > Anyone ever used it? I just downloaded it for my Windows box its very cool. > What it does is it lets you mount secure virtual volumes. Lets pretend, > that you have some porn. I'm gonna make a secure volume and call it " > ImportantWorkSpreadsheet.xls" or whatever. It doesn't matter what > name/extension it is, because TrueCrypt get the data from inside the file. > So, we've made say, a 3GB volume (you have *alot* of porn!). > Then, we're gonna mount it with TrueCrypt to, lets say, the "P:\" drive. > So, we go back to Windows Explorer, and move all your unencrypted porn from > "C:\heresmyporncomelookatme" to "P:\" which is really > "C:\ImportantWorkSpreadsheet.xls". The encryption happens on the fly. So, > when you unmount it, it just goes away like that! (Now you just have to > worry about your boss trying to open this 3GB spreadsheet and listening to > Excel complain that its invalid! > > That's the first way to do it. The other way is to encrypt a whole device > (partition). Lets pretend I have a whole bunch of important work files on > "D:\". We want to encrypt the D: drive with TrueCrypt. Then, the whole > device is 100% secure and can't be opened without mounting it in TrueCrypt > with the right passphrase. (Note: when you choose to encrypt a device, it > will *wipe* it, to encrypt it. So move all your stuff onto another drive > and then move them back on once its encrypted). > > Pretty neat eh? :) Now, you're wondering "Wow, if only something like that > existed for Linux!!!!" Well, it does. The project is completely opensource! > They have a linux version yippee! > > http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads.php > > So try it out :D _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
