[plug] encyption

[Shayne O'Neill]

He should check out Truecrypt (I think theres a linux version too). Lets
you create an encripted virtual drive (which can be a drive, or just a
single (say) 4gig file that unpacks to a drive. Its good stuff.

NTFS *should* allow encrypting and then putting a ACL over a file, if he
wishes.

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
Behalf Of Alex Polglaze
Sent: Monday, 6 November 2006 11:29 AM
To: plug at plug.org.au
Subject: [plug] encyption

G'day All,

Here's the question.

I was at a mates place on the weekend, he runs XP, I run Linux.

He asked me could I encrypt a single file on my system to prevent
unauthorised access. I wasn't sure, but I said that I would find out.

But it did get me thinking.

Can you do it under Linux or XP for that matter.

Alternatively, can you encrypt a whole folder, (windows term) with the
same effect.

TIA


Alex
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