Help with encryption software

[Guest Brown Christopher]

Hi,

 

I need some encryption software to do file, folder and hard

drive encryption, with tools like TrueCrypt I can create only

encrypted drives, but I want to encrypt single files and folders

too, I have found some cool software at:

 

http://www.download.com/Alligator-Data-Gua...4-10857242.html

 

But it's for 20$! Is there any freeware or open source replacement?

 

thanks a lot,

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Brown Christopher BrownChristopher241@postmaster.co.uk

[Guest Allan]

"Brown Christopher" <BrownChristopher241@postmaster.co.uk> wrote in message

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> Hi,

>

> I need some encryption software to do file, folder and hard

> drive encryption, with tools like TrueCrypt I can create only

> encrypted drives, but I want to encrypt single files and folders

> too, I have found some cool software at:

>

> http://www.download.com/Alligator-Data-Gua...4-10857242.html

>

> But it's for 20$! Is there any freeware or open source replacement?</span>

I use AxCrypt beta but you have to save the strong encryption keys on a

floppy disk or a USB flash drive.

When you encrypt a folder it encrypts all the contents of the folder and

then it lets you rename it to a randomly generated name to conceal the

metadata.

http://www.axantum.com/AxCrypt/Default.aspx

 

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Allan

[Guest groffg]

What version of Vista are you using? The Business and Ultimate editions

include a feature called EFS (encrypting file system), a feature that

debuted in Windows 2000 Professional. That feature allows for

transparent, on-the-fly encryption/decryption of files/directories.

(Caveat: make sure you take extra care to test your backups on a machine

other than the one being backed up when using EFS.)

 

A better option in my opinion is to use FDE, or full disk encryption

(or alternately "whole disk encryption"). The idea of FDE/WDE is to

encrypt everything on the drive (generally excluding the MBR, drive

meta-data, and other non-data areas on the disk). Vista Ultimate

includes such a feature, called BitLocker, out of the box. TrueCrypt

also provides such functionality (and it's free, open-source, and

well-regarded). PGP WDE provides this capability as well. The advantage

of using FDE/WDE is that the higher "coverage" removes the possibility

of data leakage from temp files, paging files, etc.

 

 

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groffg

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