From: mike 


Yup, truecrypt is not the end-all solution.

However, for my needs it has been an excellent, reliable solution.

 /m


On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:04:49 -0400, Mike N.  wrote:

>On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:24:40 -0400, mike  wrote:
>
>>
>>http://www.truecrypt.org/
>>
>>Encryption algorithms: AES-256, Blowfish (448-bit key), CAST5, Serpent,
>>Triple DES, and Twofish.
>
>   It looks like a very interesting product, but misses some areas I was
>interested in, like the Hibernation and Paging files.   Somehow, the
>information I'm working with always ends up there.  It's not a problem with
>my current encryption requirements, but might be a problem in the future.
>
>   Then there's whole-disk encryption systems like the new Seagate drives
>at http://www.asipartner.com/pr.asp?ID=67
>" Momentus 5400 FDE.2, a 2.5-inch hard drive that adds hardware-based full
>disk encryption to protect data at the drive level instead of the OS level"
>
>  However, they add 25% to the system cost - for an equivalent of BitLocker
>functionality included with Vista.   The big question is do I knuckle under
>to the big TPM controller in the sky?

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