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~( __ _"o Was another beautiful day, Sat, 16 Oct 2004,
@ @ at 21:21:10 -0500, when Allie Martin wrote:
> On 16/10/2004 at 5:24:50 PM, Mica, [M] wrote:
>> When you're mentioning PGP... you know, perhaps, that I don't like
>> "big" applications, and that I am a "fan" of "tiny and mighty". (:
>> But, I heard, and am not sure, yet, is this true, that PGP (the one
>> coming with PGP disk) has a feature to decrypt a disk/"container"
>> *before* Windows' is booted. Is that true?
> Hmm. Never heard of this capability and there's one small problem,
> i.e., the issue of the need for a passphrase to decrypt and mount the
> pgp disk.
> I came across the following and think it's this functionality that has
> been exaggerated:
> ,----- / To mount PGPdisk volumes automatically \
> | Create a shortcut for each of the PGPdisk files that you want mounted
> | when you start your computer.
> |
> | Place the shortcut(s) in the Winnt\Profiles\{Name of Current User}\
> | Start Menu\Programs\startup folder.
> |
> | Once you have placed the shortcut(s) in your startup folder, the
> | PGPdisk volumes are mounted whenever you start your computer.
> |
> | Note: You are prompted to enter the passphrase for each PGPdisk volume
> | as it mounts.
> `-----
Yes, that's uttermost what I got from the Manual too, in this sense.
Then it is same as with Scramdisk. I hopped that's possible that you
boot "gradually", firstly in DOS mode, then you decrypt containers, and
then boot in Windows. This way you would be able to encrypt entire OS
partition as well.
But there is still an other advantage of PGP over Scramdisk (which can
be used without any installation, and from a floppy), and this is, if I
understood well, that your files in a mounted container are all in a
non-readable form, except the ones you have active/open in the given
moment, when you work with them. This is a fine and a serious advantage,
and if it shows true, I would probably replace Scramdisk with PGP Disk.
- --
Mica
PGP key uploaded at: <http://pgp.mit.edu/> once just before breakfast
[Earth LOG: 46 day(s) since v3.0 unleashing]
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