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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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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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Trucrypt or any HDD encryption solution with a bypass?

in my environment here we have started using trucrypt to encrypt and protect our laptops that are being brought out of the office. The issue comes with the password, we can document the passwords and assign them to users but if they simply use the…
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