On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 10:35:48AM -0500, David Hayes wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 12:41:41PM -0700, Rob Lemos wrote:
> > Can anyone recommend a good product for encrypting information on the fly,
> > meaning encrypt the file when you close it and decrypt it when you open it.
>
> You don't specify what OS you're using, but I'd suggest something from
> the general class of disk encryptors. These programs keep your file
> permanently encrypted, but still allow you to work with it. As your
> application program tries to read each portion of the file, that
> individual portion is copied to RAM and decrypted in RAM. The hard drive
> is _never_ decrypted. In general, they're no more difficult to use than
> logging in to a network drive.
>
> For Windows, either PGPdisk or Secure Drive.
>
> For UNIX/LINUX, try CFS (Cryptographic File System) or TCFS.
>
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For Windows, SCRAMDISK.
It is free, totally transparent, various crypto
algorithms available and, last but not list, full
sources are available.
http://www.scramdisk.clara.net
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