Re: Finally -- A crypto question from me...HD encryption
On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Michael B Amoruso wrote:
Are there any good programs out there that can encrypt my HD?? Since there probably are, please mention some and where I can get them. Also, no one mention PGP.
PGP works on files, not disks, and it's been talked about here pretty often :-) The Secure Drive and Secure Device programs (secdrv and secdev) do disk encryption. Some of the commercial products use single-DES, so they're marginally useful if they don't implement things carelessly, some use "Our really fast proprietary encryption" and are thus worthless. Others just try to encrypt the FAT or other headers and therefore don't stop Bad Guys from grepping through your disk for real data. Your Macintosh mileage may vary. For Unix-like systems there's CFS, Matt Blaze's Crypto File System. At 04:36 PM 10/22/96 -0700, Perry Farrell <pneyz@armory.com> wrote:
Yes, the KOH disk encryption system. It is a small little thing that encrypts the FAT (I believe) and nothing will work unless you know the Don't bother. The KOH folks once talked about using virus techniques to spread encryption that was good for you, and can therefore be presumed to be terminally clueless. If your description of KOH's disk encryption strategy is correct, it's not really useful against professionals.
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stewarts@ix.netcom.com wrote: | Others just try to encrypt the FAT or other headers and therefore don't | stop Bad Guys from grepping through your disk for real data. | Your Macintosh mileage may vary. For Unix-like systems there's CFS, Matt On the Mac, theres CryptDisk to encrypt a partition or virtual disk, and Curve Encrypt for files. Both use IDEA. Adam -- "Every year the Republicans campaign like Libertarians, and then go to Wasthington and spend like Democrats." Vote Harry Browne for President. http://www.harrybrowne96.org
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