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Questions tagged [truecrypt]

TrueCrypt is a software application used for on-the-fly encryption (OTFE).

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Problem backing up certain files with rsync

I am trying to backup several files with rsync, most of them work, except the files which are actually truecrypt encrypted containers. I have a hidden volume within the files, and I wonder if this is the problem. I understand the point of a…
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Using Truecrypt to secure mySQL database, any pitfalls?

The objective is to secure my database data from server theft, i.e. the server is at a business office location with normal premises lock and burglar alarm, but because the data is personal healthcare data I want to ensure that if the server was…
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TrueCrypt Encryption Tool

We are planning to use the open source tool TrueCrypt for USB flash drive encryption. Anyone want to share their opinion/feedback about adavantages/disadvantages for it and want to share with us, please let me know. Thank you in advance for any…
Hemal Patel
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Bitlocker whole disk encryption on second (non-boot) drive

I'm working on a project where I need to encrypt only the data drive on a machine and I don't want there to be any user interaction at the console on boot. These systems will be running at remote sites and I will have to pay to have someone visit…
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Backup on disc using TrueCrypt corruption problem

I recently burned a disc with a TrueCrypt volume. The burning process was bad and several blocks (all in the volume) were corrupted. Perfect! i wanted to test how TrueCrypt can handle corruption. So i was able to mount the volume fine and open up…
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CentOS OpenVZ kernel panic when mounting ext4 truecrypt volume in nokernelcrypto mode

I am experiencing kernel panic when trying to mount a ext4 filesystem which itself resides on a truecrypt volume mounted using -m nokernelcrypto option. The system is CentOS 6.3, OpenVZ Kernel 2.6.32-042stab074.10 The disk is a virtual disk (a…
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Cannot create Hyper-V Virtual Machine - General Access Denied 0x80070005

I have the standalone Hyper-V Server 2012 running and I'm trying to create the first VM on it but I'm getting the following error: From my research, this error comes up with something related to the Intel IPMI driver but I have an Asus motherboard…
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Using TrueCrypt with File Replication on Windows Server

We have a few folders that are set to replicate to a DR file server off-site. One of these folders contains a file that is a TrueCrypt volume container. When this file is mounted in TrueCrypt, the file won't replicate (fair enough!). I'm looking at…
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"hide" an encrypted partition on a USB drive

I have a USB drive with two partitions. The first is unencrypted and has the truecrypt binary. The second is encrypted (with truecrypt) and has sensitive data. When I plug in my USB drive the encrypted partition shows up in Windows. I do not…
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Windows Backup Server & TrueCrypt Volume

I have a number of USB-powered external hard drives I was going to use for server backups for my Windows 2008 server. I tested Windows Server Backup, and it seemed to back up fine. However, since I'm concerned about security and the possibility of…
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Windows 2008 and Truecrypt: how to automatically mount shared folders after restart?

On my Windows 2008 system, I've attached an external USB drive that's encrypted using Truecrypt. Once I mounted the Truecrypt drive, I share some of the directories from that drive using Windows file sharing. I find that whenever I restart the…
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aligning truecrypt partition on 1.5TB 4kB sector drive

Aligning partitions to start at real physical sector of ssds / stripped raids / 4kB drives is a 'good thing to do', but I've run into a problems when trying to do it for a truecrypt partition that will contain ext3 on it. Or so it seems. When drive…
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Duplicate a hard-drive encypted with TruCrypt

I want to duplicate a hard drive from one Windows 7 x64 laptop to another with identical hardware but a slightly smaller hard-drive. Normally I'd use ghost4unix or similar to clone C: and ignore D: (a second partition with nothing important on it)…
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Protecting files from system administrator

Possible Duplicate: protecting my files from root Hi, I am looking for a solution to allow storing files with sensitive information on a remote server in such way that system administrators could not access the data. In the first case the server…
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Mount TrueCrypt volume with NTFS on Linux command line

I have a hard disk containing a TrueCrypt volume on /dev/sdc. It is formated with NTFS. I am running Ubuntu 9.4. To mount the volume I tried this: sudo truecrypt -t -k "" --protect-hidden=no /dev/sdc /mnt/data After providing the correct password…
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