Post by Admin_Vistamike on Mar 22, 2017 13:58:41 GMT
Note to Admins, please alter / update if necessary
LH (Lighthouse),that beacon who gets us out of squalls! He telephonically called me this morning regarding encryption and the TrueCrypt question was raised. In this case the recipient is running Mac OS so Windows Bitlocker is not going to work. I was not aware that there are Mac OS and Linux versions.
In LH's case he wanted to send files by USB stick.
PREAMBLE:
Why encrypt?
Well, we need to keep certain data private and not able to be read if someone should nick / purloin your laptop, usb stick or cd/dvd disk. The recipient can only open the file or folder if he has the key and of course the software to enable this.
The type of files that should be encrypted are:
The body of the text in a particular email
Word documents
Excel spreadsheet documents
PDF files
Downloaded .csv (comma separated values) which can be opened in any spreadsheet and pdfs pertaining to bank / credit card statements. An that little folder that contains all the flipping login details and passwords!!
Years ago we used to run TrueCrypt but personally had a minor problem with the passwords so discarded it.
TrueCrypt up to Windows 8.1, Mac OS and Linux.
It is not supported now. It is not recommended to use in Windows 10, there are issues regarding secure boot more so if you were to encrypt to the C: drive.
This is the 'final' unsupported version of TrueCrypt: www.truecrypt71a.com/downloads/
However there is also: veracrypt.codeplex.com/
This is based on TrueCrypt and is supported in Windows 10. It appears this will be supported for the near future.
Tested this morning Windows 10 Pro 64 bit to a USB drive and it decrypted OK.
Before testing yourselves, ensure you have a backup copy of the files.
You will be directed to a tutorial after install but I include the link here in case you want to review it beforehand: veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Beginner%27s%20Tutorial
I hope this may of help.
We never confuse or discombobulate unless necessary
LH (Lighthouse),that beacon who gets us out of squalls! He telephonically called me this morning regarding encryption and the TrueCrypt question was raised. In this case the recipient is running Mac OS so Windows Bitlocker is not going to work. I was not aware that there are Mac OS and Linux versions.
In LH's case he wanted to send files by USB stick.
PREAMBLE:
Why encrypt?
Well, we need to keep certain data private and not able to be read if someone should nick / purloin your laptop, usb stick or cd/dvd disk. The recipient can only open the file or folder if he has the key and of course the software to enable this.
The type of files that should be encrypted are:
The body of the text in a particular email
Word documents
Excel spreadsheet documents
PDF files
Downloaded .csv (comma separated values) which can be opened in any spreadsheet and pdfs pertaining to bank / credit card statements. An that little folder that contains all the flipping login details and passwords!!
Years ago we used to run TrueCrypt but personally had a minor problem with the passwords so discarded it.
TrueCrypt up to Windows 8.1, Mac OS and Linux.
It is not supported now. It is not recommended to use in Windows 10, there are issues regarding secure boot more so if you were to encrypt to the C: drive.
This is the 'final' unsupported version of TrueCrypt: www.truecrypt71a.com/downloads/
However there is also: veracrypt.codeplex.com/
This is based on TrueCrypt and is supported in Windows 10. It appears this will be supported for the near future.
Tested this morning Windows 10 Pro 64 bit to a USB drive and it decrypted OK.
Before testing yourselves, ensure you have a backup copy of the files.
You will be directed to a tutorial after install but I include the link here in case you want to review it beforehand: veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Beginner%27s%20Tutorial
I hope this may of help.
We never confuse or discombobulate unless necessary
