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<DIV><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Could anyone offer
any thoughts on what is the "best" encrypted virtual disk drive, which can run
on (at least) Windows XP Pro.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I used to use the
free version of PGPdisk (which you get with PGP version 6.0.2i), but that won't
work with Windows XP.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I also used to use
ScramDisk, but that also won't work with Windows XP.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been using
new version of PGPdisk (PGP version 8.0), but there are a number of problems
with that: being (1) </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT
face=Arial size=2>the license ($50) seems to be enforced per-computer, not
per-user, so if you upgrade from one computer to another you either have to pay
again or plead your case with the PGP Corporation's support centre (which is
only open during office hours Monday to Friday, so don't try this during the
weekend), and (2) their web site had some problem last weekend such that it
wouldn't actually let me buy a new license even though I was prepared to pay for
it, and </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>(3) the format of the container volume is totally incompatible with that
of PGP 6.0.2i. These problems combined mean that if your computer totally dies,
to get your data back (assuming the existence of a backup) you are reliant on a
single company to grant you a new license to get the software working, and
getting that licence is not necessarily easy.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have also tried
the new version of DriveCrypt (the successor to ScramDisk) ... but I
worry about this because the company who make this (Securstar) no longer provide
source code.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd kind of like to
write my own, but doing the crypto is just the easy part - the hard part is
actually writing a virtual drive - I can't find any tutorials on that
part.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>So I put it to this
list, what do folk here reccommend?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=653181210-08072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Jill</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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