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Security: Encryption: Disk Encryption
With normal encryption methods, you can protect your data, but you still have to decrypt a file manually every time you want to use it. Also, many editors and viewers have a habit of creating temporary files. The decrypted data can end up in these files, and they are not safely deleted when the program exits. This means that this data can easily be accessed by everyone who manages to get at your hard disk. Disk encryption programs encrypt your entire hard disk (sometimes they use a special partition), so that you don't have to worry about leaving the decrypted messages on your disk. The approach is similar to Stacker's disk compression program, but these packages encrypt instead. Disclaimer: The programs listed in this document have not been tested by me, and I cannot guarantee that they will work on your system without problems. Use at your own risk! Secure FileSystem A standard DOS device driver-based encryption system. It can create up to five encrypted volumes which are encrypted using IDEA. Also has several other useful options, like a hotkey to quickly unmount an encrypted volume. encrypted volume. You can also download Secure FileSystem directly. Secure Device Secure Device is a device-driver that creates extra "drives" on a DOS/Windows computer which are encrypted using IDEA. These can then be used by any DOS/Windows program. The extra drives are simulated using a hidden file on an existing partition. SecureDrive For DOS and Windows systems. Also runs (with some limitations) under Windows '95. It creates an encrypted partition on your hard disk where the data is stored safely. Uses IDEA. It can also handle floppies. You can also download SecureDrive directly. BestCrypt for Windows 95 This is a commercial disk encryption program similar to SFS and SD, but which is designed for Windows '95. ScramDisk Another disk encryption program for Windows '95, with much the same functionality as BestCrypt. But unlike BestCrypt, ScramDisk is free. seNTry 2020 for Windows NT 4.0 Kernel-mode driver which uses containers as virtual volumes encrypted using MDC/SHA. Supports all NT filesystems. Commercial software, a 21-day trial version is available from the website. Cryptdisk A disk encryption program for the Macintosh. It creats files which can be mounted as if they were hard disks on your desktop. Uses IDEA to encrypt the files. You can download the program from a restricted FTP site from this site, or directly from Hacktic in the Netherlands. Crypto File System An encrypted file system for Unix. It runs as a user-mode NFS server on the local machine, and passes any requests to the remote machine over an encrypted channel. TCFS - Transparent Cryptographic File System (for Linux) Similar to Crypto File System above, but TCFS is file- and not directory-oriented. Each file can be encrypted separately. Security: Encryption: Pretty Good Privacy PGP is a file encryption program which is generally considered unbreakable. It is used extensively on the Internet, available for almost every platform and is required for anonymous remailers. It can also create digital signatures, which makes it easy to detect forgeries. Taken from my old saved page,which actually taken from : http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut01/sfs.html This page can also be view as copy on my server: http://www.eurovive.com/diskcrypt.htm Regards and Say thanks if its helpfull! |
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http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-cgd.html Swap is encrypted by default on NetBSD installation much like on OpenBSD. I am not sure if there is something like softraid driver (which also can be used for encryption on OpenBSD and is "better" than vnd driver ) for NetBSD but I would not be surprised. Obviously all userland cryptographic software compiles well on NetBSD. My favorite is Colin Percival's scrypt Last edited by Oko; 3rd March 2010 at 12:01 AM. |
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Well BSD based live cd's are not running on my pc,beside one.
But when i run it - i only see dos like area and no gui. BSD are more complicated, and somehow they are more secure. My friend who owns isp runs company servers on BSD. But it will be nice if you will add some usefull links to thios topic. Regards Nick |
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Interesting. What happens when you type startx?
Quite on the contrary. *BSDs are the simplest operating systems around. For comparasion purposes the size of the kernel of OpenBSD which I use is about 50 times smaller than Linux. Security is a process it is not a state. A typical BSD user is more secure not because BSDs are inheritently more secure but because he/she is actually computer literal person. Quote:
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![]() Aside from the obvious of the 'point and click'-OS'es (XP, OS-X, etc), I find myself having far less problems installing X and actually understanding that than I have mounting disks ![]() Beyond these install matters it goes without saying that you are right, I think the difficult part - as always - is to get acquainted to the basic 'thoughts' of FBSD's way of doing things. Which can be hard if you had your brain removed surgically, as I had ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Did you configure the BIOS disk boot order? you need to make sure they're even attempting to boot the CD/floppy/usb.
I'm resisting the urge to comment, you appear to be lacking basic Unix comprehension. |
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[QUOTE=BSDfan666;30514]Did you configure the BIOS disk boot order? you need to make sure they're even attempting to boot the CD/floppy/usb.
[QUOTE] Hey man don't think i am noob.I am using Unetbootin to make livecds on usb drive/flash drive. BSD's are showing kernel errors and freezes with CAP button blinking. And after it freezes i need only disconnect my notebook from power to shutdown it. Nick |
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And BSD is not supported by driver and hardware manufacturers - so mostly its server operating system. Nick |
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Man be honest - i said it other way,than you quote it with.
And i can handle BIOS things.So don't call me noob. Nick |
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I can relate to that, most of the (FBSD) live disks I had wouldn't boot, that is why I decided to go the real thing and install it myself from scratch. It seems the problem is more in the live disks and their customer friendly scripts that just don't work for everybody than in FBSD itself.
That is because FBSD is about choice (copyright a zillion people ![]() Do: - pkg_add -r kde3 or kde4 (look it up, I might be mistaking about the 3 and 4). - configure xorg.conf for your hardware. - startx - if works add it to xinit.rc for automatic startup. |
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