New Volume Encryption Program - BladeBox Iron Edition

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Paul Urquhart

Hope someone will try this and let us know how it works. People are always
asking about this type of program.

BladeBox Iron Edition allows you to create up to 4 virtual, encrypted
volumes, and each can contain up to 30mb of data. The encrypted volumes act
like regular disk drives and are invisible until they are activated
(mounted) from the password protected interface. The data is transparently
encrypted/decrypted on-the-fly, using 256bit AES encryption., there is no
need to manually encrypt each file, as it is automatically protected once it
is added to one of your protected drive letters.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/bladebox.html
http://www.liveye.net/bladebox/eng/index.html
 
Paul said:
Hope someone will try this and let us know how it works. People are always
asking about this type of program.

BladeBox Iron Edition allows you to create up to 4 virtual, encrypted
volumes, and each can contain up to 30mb of data.
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This is crippleware. The free version is limited to 4 volumes, each
limited to 30 MB, which makes it pretty much useless. The unlimited
version is $50.

Terry
 
An old version of pgpdisk already does this. I've been using it so far
without any worries and it doesn't limit the amount of data to 30Mb either.

http://www.pgpi.org/products/pgpdisk/

It works fine on XP as long as you select the Fat32 version which doesn't
mean you have to have a FAT32 filesystem. It allows you to mount a file as a
drive and you can't mount the drive unless you enter a password. So far I've
found it to be great.
 
Rili said:
An old version of pgpdisk already does this. I've been using it so far
without any worries and it doesn't limit the amount of data to 30Mb
either.

http://www.pgpi.org/products/pgpdisk/

It works fine on XP as long as you select the Fat32 version which
doesn't mean you have to have a FAT32 filesystem. It allows you to
mount a file as a drive and you can't mount the drive unless you
enter a password. So far I've found it to be great.
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It certainly looks good, but I've come across a subsequent problem with
hibernation in XP - detailed at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314118 ,
with no solution but to de-install from MS. Did not see an option for FAT32
on install of PGP 6, and can't see a FAT32 option in the programme options.
Have I missed something, and does this cure the hibernation problem?

Charles F
 
Charles said:
It certainly looks good, but I've come across a subsequent problem with
hibernation in XP - detailed at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314118 ,
with no solution but to de-install from MS. Did not see an option for FAT32
on install of PGP 6, and can't see a FAT32 option in the programme options.
Have I missed something, and does this cure the hibernation problem?

Charles F
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I tried PGP Disk, and it installs dlls and drivers in the Windows system
folders, and I could not get it to install as a standalone app on a usb
device (so I could move it from place to place)

DW
 
Paul said:
People are always
asking about this type of program.

BladeBox Iron Edition allows you to create up to 4 virtual, encrypted
volumes, and each can contain up to 30mb of data.
Click to expand...

Free open-source TrueCrypt 2.1 is much better !

From site description (http://www.truecrypt.tk/):

"It can create a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mount it as a
real disk.
It can encrypt an entire hard disk partition or a device, such as USB
memory stick, floppy disk, etc.
It is the only free open-source on-the-fly encryption software that
fully supports Windows XP.
It is also the only free open-source OTFE software for Windows XP that
provides plausible deniability.
Encryption algorithms: AES (256-bit key), Blowfish (448-bit key), CAST,
IDEA, Triple DES"

I use it everyday and I am perfectly happy with it.

Marc Lacrosse
 
M said:
Free open-source TrueCrypt 2.1 is much better !

From site description (http://www.truecrypt.tk/):

"It can create a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mount it as a
real disk.
It can encrypt an entire hard disk partition or a device, such as USB
memory stick, floppy disk, etc.
It is the only free open-source on-the-fly encryption software that
fully supports Windows XP.
It is also the only free open-source OTFE software for Windows XP that
provides plausible deniability.
Encryption algorithms: AES (256-bit key), Blowfish (448-bit key), CAST,
IDEA, Triple DES"

I use it everyday and I am perfectly happy with it.

Marc Lacrosse
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It can encrypt a removable device, and have just tried it ... but that
removable device can only be used in a computer that has TrueCrypt
installed on it.
 
The FAT32 option only comes up when you go to create the encypted volume.
That is you have the option to create a NTFS or FAT32 EFS.

I don't use hibernation, it is way too slow for me. Maybe you could try
stand by instead which is heaps faster.

Does the hibernation problem occur even when the EFS isn't mounted?
 
Rili said:
The FAT32 option only comes up when you go to create the encypted
volume. That is you have the option to create a NTFS or FAT32 EFS.

I don't use hibernation, it is way too slow for me. Maybe you could
try stand by instead which is heaps faster.

Does the hibernation problem occur even when the EFS isn't mounted?
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Yes, the problem is that the programme writes two dll's which affect
hibernation's ability to shut down background tasks. Thanks for the pointer
to fat 32 - I'll try when I have time. However, the MS note appears quite
clear that this problem is to do with the dll's, and not curable with
version 6 and 6.5, so I suspect it's a permanent XP/old version
incompatabilty.

I prefer hibernation because I always turn the mains off completely when
I've finished - reduces the small power consumption. I do this to as much
gear as possible - it's surprising how all those 3-5 watts add up.

Thanks for the tip, Charles F
 
It can encrypt a removable device, and have just tried it ... but that
removable device can only be used in a computer that has TrueCrypt
installed on it.
Click to expand...

There is a legal dispute over Truecrypt between the author and
SecureStar:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...2051728.322ec6fc%40posting.google.com&rnum=11

Try Dekart Private Disk Light
http://www.dekart.com/products/file&disk_encryption/private_disk_light/

Dekart Private Disk Light comes with an installer, but the program can
be copied on a CD and then works on any PC with an 128-bit encryption
pack without installing

Dekart only needs 404 KB of space and works on Windows
95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
However your PC needs an 128-bit encryption pack, if it hasn't you can
easily download a free ~300 KB update package from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/recommended/128bit/default.mspx
To check your encryption pack: open Internet Explorer, click Help,
Info and
look at encryption strength, it should be 128-bits
 
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