Re: What alternatives there are for encrypting your entire HDD?
From: Phil Fites (fites@rogers.com)
Date: 02/20/03
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From: Phil Fites <fites@rogers.com> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:41:55 GMT
SecureDoc from WinMagic (www.winmagic.com) does these things,
including options involving diskettes. It works very well. It's
not free.
Note that if you depend on a diskette in the way you describe,
sooner or later you will lose access to your computer when the
diskette fails or the data on it gets corrupted. Unless you make
a backup copy(ies)--in which case your hard disk security depends
on the physical security for one or more backup diskettes. That
is likely to be equivalent to far fewer bits than strong
encipherment. (How many key combinations are possible for the
lock? Is the lock the strong point in a weak door? Can you get
through the wall in 5 seconds with a sledge-hammer or a chain
saw? and so on.)
Markus Jansson wrote:
> Any alternative for "Drivecrypt plus pack"?
> "Drivecrypt plus pack" allows the encryption of ENTIRE HDD.
> The encryption is done at the sector level and decryption
> program launches before you boot your OS.
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>
> And, if the floppy that does the encryption, would also store
> some seed or encrypted key of the HDD encryption, you could,
> if secret police was coming throught your door, simply destroy
> the floppy and you could then give out your passphrase to them
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