TrueCrypt is a software application used for on-the-fly encryption (OTFE).
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Truecrypt Boot Volume - Keyfiles?
I am actively using keyfiles for non-boot partitions and files (containers?), but I am wanting to bring this into the full system with a boot partition containing my OS (Windows or Linux). However, I really like the security keyfiles offer against…
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whats the general process for using a smart card in truecrypt?
I'm a little confused with how to deploy truecrypt our environment
I purchased a few smartcards (ACOS5) that are supposedly compatible with truecrypt
however i'm unable to make it all work due to lack of drivers and smartcard tooling
my question to…
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Virtual linux drive on a NAS - recommendations
I have a Linux server currently running under a Microsoft Virtual Machine. I have it set up so that the storage drive is set up as a secondary virtual disk. I need to move this machine to a new box running LXC, but storage is tight. I'd like to…
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Truecrypt & apache, how to manage the file permission?
I'm on Ubuntu.
I use a truecrypt container to store all my working files.
My apache server run with the user www-data ( the default setting ).
When I mount the container using truecrypt, all my file are owned by fmaz:fmaz.
So when my PHP code try to…
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virtual machines and cryptography
I suspect I'm a bit offtopic with the site mission, but it seems me more fitting for the question than stackoverflow
i'm in preparing to create a vm with sensible data (personal use, it will be a web+mail+... appliance of sorts), i'd like to protect…
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Can I set Truecrypt options from terminal?
When trying to dismount an encrypted partition i get the ol'
Error: device-mapper: remove ioctl failed: Device or resource busy. The recommended solution from the interwebz seems to be to change some truecrypt settings to not use kernel…
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Mount TrueCrypt encrypted volume by Cobian prebackup event
I have a 1TB USB disk where I make the first level of backup of a WS2008 R2 file server. The usb is not fully encrypted, just about 700GB. Cobian is running as a service, impersonating Administrator user when doing backups.
It happened that…
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What is the maximum supported size of a truecrypt file?
What is the maximum size a truecrypt container can support? I'm trying to encrypt and store around 1TB data in a truecrypt container file. Is this a recommended usage?
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Truecrypt fails to unmount
With a recent package and kernel update truecrypt refuses to unmount drives with
device-mapper: remove ioctl failed:
Device or resource busy Command failed
(worked fine before) Ubuntu 10.10
I use the lastest version 7.0a of truecrypt and even…
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Htaccess problems when coming from a truecrypt container
I was messing with one of my sites' .htaccess files and got it working as desired. Then I was finished working on it so I moved it to my encrypted container (TrueCrypt). Later on I wanted to change some things so was modifying the .htaccess…
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Can I use the same password for TrueCrypt as what I used when creating my Public Key?
I created and published a Public Key using gpg.
I am now creating a TrueCrypt volume and wish to use the same password. Does knowing my public key, in this instance, make my TrueCrypt volume become any less secure?
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Ubuntu 10.10 and Windows 7 (TrueCrypt) Multi-boot Problems
I have now been searching days for a solution but have found nothing.
I have Ubuntu 10.10 and Windows 7 with TrueCrypt as a multi-boot. It was working fine for a few weeks until I needed to reinstall Ubuntu. If I have the boot flag on the partition…
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Encrypt entire Linux drive with TrueCrypt
I've found plenty of info online about how to encrypt a drive with TrueCrypt, but everything I found was either outdated or not for Linux.
Here's what I'm after: I want to encrypt my entire drive (except, of course, the part[s] of it I CAN'T encrypt…
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Checkout Laptops Imaging and Encryption
We have about 20 laptops (windows xp or 7) that we're getting ready for checkout at a library. People will be using these laptops anywhere from 1 day to 3 months.
We have a few issues because of new policies enacted at our institution. First of…
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Truecrypt: Encrypt whole system on a mac
I it possible to encrypt the whole system partition of my mac using truecrypt. It seems to work for windows but I did not find a solution for my mac.
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