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crypto product recommendations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Tue Sep 21 11:32:33 1999
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 03:34:56 +0200 (CEST)
Message-Id: <199909210134.DAA23274@mail.replay.com>
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: cryptography@c2.net
At 12:41 PM 9/20/99 -0700, Rob Lemos wrote:
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>Can anyone recommend a good product for encrypting information on the fly,
>meaning encrypt the file when you close it and decrypt it when you open it.
>It would also be nice if it would ask you whether you wanted the file you
>are just closing to be encrypted. That is, it builds a list as you use your
>computer, rather than requiring the user to be explicit up front.
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>PGP requires too many steps to be truly useful here.
Agreed.
>Any suggestions?
I use `scramdisk` which is a virtual-volume encryptor for Wintel machines.
Uses a .vxd. Its stable. I run it on several W95 machines.
You can
run executables which live in the encrypted partition, too, which
makes administration/organization easier (e.g., your email client keeps
your data files (contact addresses; messages) here and there; easiest to drag
the whole directory to an encrypted volume).
Remember to wipe the originals; this is an included feature. There
is also a wipe swap function.
[non-disclaimer: I have nothing to gain by promoting it.]
PS: there is a web page out there on making a secure laptop using
freeware. Makes good, practical reading. I haven't the URL, sorry.
