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On 22/3/20 12:53 am, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: |
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> Dale, |
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> On Saturday, 2020-03-21 08:06:35 -0500, you wrote: |
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> |
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>> ... |
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>> Mind if I'm nosy for a minute. I'd like to store files on a USB stick |
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>> that are encrypted as well. However, I'd like it to be able to work no |
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>> matter what OS is used. I googled but thought it was not possible. You |
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>> seem to have found a way to do this, broken at the moment but there's hope. |
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> For what it's worth, I'm successfully using VeraCrypt (the successor of |
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> TrueCrypt) on both, Windows and Gentoo, to read and write encrypted USB |
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> sticks. |
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> See "https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html" for their web site and just |
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> emerge "app-crypt/veracrypt". |
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> Sincerely, |
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> Rainer |
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That would have been my preference but I am a user on an enterprise |
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locked down version of windows (probably lucky they let me use usb!) - |
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the securestick webdav approach sidesteps the fact that windows |
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encryption (as almost all usb encryption in apps on windows like |
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veracrypt crypt do) goes through the kernel so it (in my case) has been |
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used to enforce policy which is only aimed at the common security risks |
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(so has it has left some holes :) The alternative I used previously was |
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an encrypted archive copy'd back and forward. With Securestick I can |
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sync using unison on this side, and a windows app on the other. |
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BillK |
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* if there is something better than securestick out there, like Dale I |
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would love to hear of it! |
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