FileVault on other than home directories on MacOS?

Adam Fields cryptography23094893 at aquick.org
Mon Sep 21 20:29:18 EDT 2009


On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 04:57:56PM -0400, Steven Bellovin wrote:
> Is there any way to use FileVault on MacOS except on home  
> directories?  I don't much want to use it on my home directory; it  
> doesn't play well with Time Machine (remember that availability is  
> also a security property); besides, different directories of mine have  
> different sensitivity levels.
> 
> I suppose I could install TrueCrypt (other suggestions or comments on  
> TrueVault?), but I prefer to minimize the amount of extra software I  
> have to maintain.

You can just create a regular encrypted disk image using Disk Utility
(and set it to auto-mount using Finder if you want).

				- Adam

--
** I design intricate-yet-elegant processes for user and machine problems.
** Custom development project broken? Contact me, I can help.
** Some of what I do: http://workstuff.tumblr.com/post/70505118/aboutworkstuff

[ http://workstuff.tumblr.com ] ........... Technology Blog
[ http://www.aquick.org/blog ] ............ Personal Blog
[ http://www.adamfields.com/resume.html ].. Experience
[ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fields ] ... Photos
[ http://www.twitter.com/fields ].......... Twitter
[ http://www.morningside-analytics.com ] .. Latest Venture
[ http://www.confabb.com ] ................ Founder

---------------------------------------------------------------------
The Cryptography Mailing List
Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo at metzdowd.com



More information about the cryptography mailing list