Or in Windows 10 you need to load up the Bitlocker Control Panel Item. Dave
-----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Dave Crozier Sent: 07 February 2017 15:18 To: ProFox Email List <profox@leafe.com> Subject: RE: [NF] Drop-Dead Simple USB Drive Encryption Yes it can no problem. You set the machine you connect it to log onto the drive and auto decrypt it. It is an option when you click the bitlocker menu item on Windows Explorer (right click on USB Drive). Dave -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ken Dibble Sent: 07 February 2017 15:05 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: RE: [NF] Drop-Dead Simple USB Drive Encryption Dave, Do you know if a removable drive encrypted with BitLocker on Win 7 can be accessed on Win 10 and vice-versa? Thanks. Ken >Just a bit more Bitlocker info: > >Bitlocker allows you to set up an automatic decrypt on whatever >machine(s) you want but the default value is to ask for the decrypt >key. For instance, I have my USB drive set up to automatically decrypt >but plugging it into any other machine will ask for an unlock key. > >My only gripe with USB drives is that when you have a number of them >they don't always set themselves up as a permanent drive letter. For >instance I have 3 x USB drives that are rotated on a daily basis and I >use Syncback to put mirror images onto the disks. Syncback requires a >fixed drive mapping (example z:) but windows in its infinite wisdom >gives random drive mappings which have to be changed using disk Manager >at which stage the auto decrypt of bitlocker takes over and opens the >drive. I have tried man, many pieces of software which state that they >will force a drive to be mapped to a specific letter but none of them >work 100%. > >However this is another gripe taking the thread off topic somewhat. > >Dave > > >-----Original Message----- >From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ken Dibble >Sent: 06 February 2017 20:13 >To: profox@leafe.com >Subject: [NF] Drop-Dead Simple USB Drive Encryption > >Hi Folks, > >This is probably one of those issues where my requirements seem obvious >and common-sensical to me but not to the people who make hardware or >software. However, in the interest of developing a complete >understanding of my options: > >I am looking for recommendations for the simplest possible way to >encrypt USB thumb drives. "Simplest possible" means in reference to the >end user. > >The sole purpose of the thumb drive is to provide offsite backup for >important files. > >The sole purpose of encrypting the thumb drive is to prevent access by >unauthorized people to the contents of the drive if the user loses it. > >Here are my requirements: > >1. Must be usable by a "standard user" account: No administrative >access required. > >2. Must not require software to be installed on the computer (installed >on the removable drive is okay). > >3. Access should be available, ideally, simply by right-clicking the >drive in Windows Explorer and entering the password for the drive (like >with BitLocker). Less desirable would be for the user to have to >manually execute software residing on the drive before being given an >interface in which to enter the password. Anything more complicated >than that, such as requiring users to copy files to/from the drive, or >carry out multiple steps to get to the point where the password can be >entered, is not acceptable. > >3. The drive should work on any Windows computer of recent vintage, no >matter where it was initially set up. > >4. Users cannot permanently turn the encryption off. > >5. Ideally, the entire drive should be encrypted. > >I am prepared to accept that my staff will have to set up these drives >initially for the users. That's okay as long as, once that work's been >done, the drive functions as described above. And, of course, I can >only set up computers under my control, which is why I can't use a >system that requires software to be installed on every machine where >the drive will be used. > >Here is what I've looked at: > >BitLocker > >Problems: only available on Windows 7 Ultimate, or later. Most of our >workstations are Windows 7 Ultimate, but some are Pro. Also, there are >a couple of points I'm not sure about with BitLocker: > >A. When an internal drive is encrypted on a computer, the user can >check a box to essentially turn off the encryption (that is, the drive >will be automatically decrypted when the computer is booted). >I do not want the user to be able to turn off the encryption on a thumb >drive such that, if the drive is inserted into another computer it is >automatically decrypted. Does BitLocker allow that? > >B. I am not sure that a drive encrypted with BitLocker on a Win 7 >machine will be accessible on a Win 10 machine, or vice versa. Does >anyone have a definitive answer on that point? > >LaCie Private - Public > >Problems: Does not work for "standard users", period. Also, requires >the drive to be formatted NTFS in order to encrypt more than 4 GB of space. > >Rohos > >Problems: Requires multiple steps for standard users to access; cannot >encrypt more than 4 GB under any circumstances. > >VeraCrypt > >Problems: Requires software to be installed on the machine. > >Hardware Encryption > >I took a visual look at the Corsair Flash Padlock drive. It's got dinky >little flashing lights and tiny little buttons. I can just imagine what >will happen when a user has to get into the drive by poking and >punching tiny little buttons with their fingernails while the drive is >inserted into the typical fragile USB slot. Not a winner... But are >there other hardware encryption options that don't suffer from this or >other flaws? > >Of course, I am also looking for solutions that are free as in beer. >But I am willing to pay a reasonable one-time cost. No way would I pay >a recurring cost for a license to access a thumb drive. > >Any thoughts are welcome. > >Thanks! > >Ken Dibble >www.stic-cil.org > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/18725b8cd2d5d247873a2baf401d4ab2a44bb...@ex2010-a-fpl.fpl.LOCAL ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
