On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 04:57:56PM -0400, 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.
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