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Old 22-03-2008, 14:05   #1
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USB pen drive encryption
I'm after a program that I can load onto my USB pen drive to protect the data no it (want to use it to store some passwords and stuff) but so far I can't find anything that does the job.

I've tried folder lock but it's only atial and seems to only work with a folder on your PD.

I tried trucrypt but found it to be overly complicated for what I want.

I've searched and searched but I can't find a simple program that will run from the drive on any PC and allow me to acess the files in a secure way.

Am I missing something simple or is this a pretty big gap in the market?

Anyone have any recommendations?
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Re: USB pen drive encryption
you could use winzip and the password protection
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Re: USB pen drive encryption
I've not used either of these, so can't really comment on whether they work (well) or not.

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/keepass_portable
http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/toucan


else, TC if you have admin privs + 'traveller mode' :P
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Re: USB pen drive encryption
Really you shouldn't be writing passwords down, if you do don't put your user names with them and what they are for.
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Re: USB pen drive encryption
Try TrueCrypt 5.0 its free

www.truecrypt.com
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Re: USB pen drive encryption
You could purchase a flash drive which features U3 such as this one

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/3201...uzer-micr.html

I have a disgo drive with U3 and you can password protect it so everytime you plug it into the USB port it prompts for that password.
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Re: USB pen drive encryption
How about using Peazip and putting the stuff in an archive - no compression unless you want it?
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Re: USB pen drive encryption
I use rohos mini drive which is free http://www.rohos.com/free-encryption/ never had a problem with it and you can choose the amount of space you want to encrypt. Give it a go.

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Re: USB pen drive encryption
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I've not used either of these, so can't really comment on whether they work (well) or not.

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/keepass_portable
http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/toucan


else, TC if you have admin privs + 'traveller mode' :P
I use keepass all the time and it's fantastic
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