Backup encryption key

[nir grinberg]

Easy,
1. connect the USB
2. Run the TrueCrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/)
3. Mount the un-partitioned disk (on the USB) drive.  I will be asked
for the password in the mounting process.
[10 seconds, so far]

Unless the station has something that will copy the disk, while
connected; the password by itself wouldn't help anybody (its a local
disk, not a web application accessed by anybody with my password).

That said, but since i always worry about key logger and such, I very
much try to avoid using it from a PC/station I do not trust (I know
how easy key-loggers are to deploy ;)

BTW, I use this setup on a WD 320G Passport external disk, not as
backup, but as my Data disk.  The whole setup is fairly secured, while
still being comfortable for daily usage.


nir



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On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Nice add-on, i initially partitioned the disk and left the
>> TrueCrypt.exe in it.  I can come to any computer, connect the drive
>> via its USB, run the application and get the data (password etc).
>>
>
> That sounds like it depends upon the application being already
> installed on the computer. How do you connect the drive on computers
> that you do not own, or do not regularly use, such as public library
> computers or customers' sites?
>
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