Re: Laptop Security - harddisk encryption necessary?

On Mar 24, 2:24 pm, Sebastian Gottschalk <s...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ertugrul Soeylemez wrote:
there are basically two alternatives: FreeOTFE and TrueCrypt. Try
both and choose the one you like better.

What about PGP Desktop Workstation?

Not that I know of. I have only found informations about PGP Desktop
_Enterprise_, which isn't free. For _Workstation_ Google returns only a
few links.

http://www.pgp.com/products/packages/desktop_pro/index.html

By the way, you don't need to encrypt your entire HD. This is
overkill in most cases. Create an encrypted container for your
personal directory, whereever it is.

Encrypting the entire HD solves a certain problem...

I know which problem you're refering to, but I don't know how this could
be done in Windows without using expensive software.

CompuSecFree, but it's totally insecure...

At least I haven't found anything free so far. The two programs I mentioned
don't support that by themselves, AFAIK.

TrueCrypt partially tangles the problem with a GINA dll and a specialized
driver for encrypting the swap file.

Why do you say that CompuSec FREE is totally insecure?

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