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> Hi. I'm looking for a portable (Linux, *BSD, Mac, Win) way to carry |
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> around encrypted files on a USB drive. I would like for the |
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> encryption/decryption to be transparent to me, so something that I can |
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> mount would be great. I know pretty much how to do encrypted file |
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> systems on Linux, but don't know of a way to do it under Windows that |
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> would be compatible. Something with AES256 or better would be |
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> preferable. Mac compatibility is not too much of an issue at |
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> the moment, but I do plan to buy one in the future. Thanks much. |
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I've been using truecrypt between Windows and Linux for just this purpose |
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and it works great. Not so sure about MacOS though. |
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emerge app-crypt/truecrypt |
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http://www.truecrypt.org/ |
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// Andrew MacKenzie | http://www.edespot.com |
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// GPG public key: http://www.edespot.com/~amackenz/public.key |
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// "The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some |
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// point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment |
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// us without end, for they do with the approval of their consciences." |
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// --C.S. Lewis |
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