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Re: FileVault on other than home directories on MacOS?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ashish Gulhati)
Tue Sep 22 08:47:19 2009
From: Ashish Gulhati <crypto@ashish.neomailbox.com>
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <DC8A9A3A-2FB3-4BC3-B15A-D138F7F6CE9F@cs.columbia.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:14:49 +1000
On Sep 22, 2009, at 6:57 AM, Steven Bellovin wrote:
> Is there any way to use FileVault on MacOS except on home
> directories? I don't much want to use it on my home directory; it
> doesn't play well with Time Machine (remember that availability is
> also a security property); besides, different directories of mine
> have different sensitivity levels.
>
> I suppose I could install TrueCrypt (other suggestions or comments
> on TrueVault?), but I prefer to minimize the amount of extra
> software I have to maintain.
Hi Steven
You can just use encrypted disk images, which is IIRC what FileVault
uses.
In Disk Utility -> New Image, select size, properties and encryption
type (AES 128 or 256) and Create.
Then mount and use your encrypted disks as needed.
Cheers
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