On 08/18/2011 09:34 PM, Andreas Förster wrote:
> Since we're on the subject... I've been tempted on and off to encrypt my
> hard drive, but after getting burned once a hundred years ago when
> encrypted data turned into garbled bytes all of a sudden I've been
> hesitant. I've gone so far as to install TrueCrypt (on a MacBook), but I
> haven't put it into action. Before I do, the big question:
>
> What software do people on the bb use for encryption? What can be
> recommended without hesitation?
For Linux: checking the encrypted disk option of the installer (if I
remember well I did this with a Ubuntu Linux once).
Regards,
F.
> Thanks.
>
>
> Andreas
>
>
> On 18/08/2011 1:19, Eric Bennett wrote:
>> John,
>>
>> Since so many people have said it's flawless, I'd like to point out
>> this is not always the case. The particular version of the particular
>> package that we have installs some system libraries that caused a
>> program I use on a moderately frequent basis to crash every time I
>> tried to open a file on a network drive. It took me about 9 months to
>> figure out what the cause was, during which time I had to manually
>> copy things to the local drive before I could open them in that
>> particular program. The vendor of the encryption software has a newer
>> version but our IT department is using an older version. There is
>> another workaround but it's kind of a hack.
>>
>> So I'd say problems are very rare, but if you run into strange
>> behavior, don't rule out encryption as a possible cause.
>>
>> -Eric
>>
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