TrueCrypt seems to be a very popular OpenSource product http://www.truecrypt.org/
On 4/12/06, Alessandro Giacometti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you can wait until Vista comes, the Ultimate and Enterprise editions will > have a feature called Bitlocker, under-file system encryption, protecting > from pre-OS attacks. > > Look here: > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/security/default.mspx > > -----Original Message----- > From: Casey DeBerry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: martedì 11 aprile 2006 22.56 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Laptop Encryption & Write Permissions > > I am looking into encryption for laptops. Specifically, I like the idea > of only encrypting one of two partitions (the non-OS holding partition). > This partition would hold data and programs for the user, and the > unencrypted partition would hold the OS. =20 Is it simple permissions to > force users to write data (including swap and all temporary files) to > the encrypted partition? Essentially, for the user the OS part would be > read only. > > Thanks! > > Casey DeBerry > CoBiz Inc > Information Security > Office 303-312-3405 > Mobile 303-669-8547 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: > > > > This e-mail contains confidential information and is intended only for the > individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender > immediately if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this > e-mail from your system. E-mail cannot be guaranteed to be secure or > error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, > arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Neither the sender nor CoBiz > Inc. and its subsidiaries accept liability for any errors or omissions in > the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail > transmission. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
