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cmtar
10-05-09, 01:22 PM
I need a good free way to encrypt my usb drive. I found some programs but it seems that you have to have the program installed on all the computers you would use the drive with or it wont work. I wont something where no matter what computer i conntect it to a window will pop up asking for a password when i plug it in. Any suggestions?
P Smith
10-05-09, 01:24 PM
Never happen.
rudeney
10-05-09, 02:34 PM
Look at the IronKey (www.ironkey.com) or the Sony Micro Vault with Fingerprint recognition.
johnck78
10-05-09, 03:14 PM
Look at TruCrypt. It will not prompt you, but it is portable, and you can get it for Windows, Mac and Linux. That's what I use.
Mike Bertelson
10-05-09, 06:11 PM
Never happen.Sure you can. We have it at work (DoD specs) and it's pretty darned good.

Mike
P Smith
10-05-09, 06:17 PM
At work ... Some companies does not allow use it at all.

He is 'maverick' and don't manage those computers - he need the thumb drive be an active part.
Mike Bertelson
10-05-09, 06:46 PM
At work ... Some companies does not allow use it at all.

He is 'maverick' and don't manage those computers - he need the thumb drive be an active part.I work for a defense contractor and we can use them on a limited basis as supplied to us.

The encryption works on the fly for both the USB flash drives and CD/DVD writer.

It is true that it must be on any machines that he wants to read the flash drive on. In that case he's limited to something like PGP.

Mike