Thread: Personal use security sw?

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    Personal use security sw?

    I'm looking for an app that I use on my external hard drive that I travel with to store and protect all my documents. Anyone know of any simple pieces of software that's not too expensive and is simple to install and use. I hate buying an app and having a boat load of functionality that I have no interest in using.

    I've got a flash drive with a pre-loaded password protected app on it and it won't work with Vista so it needs to be compatible.

    Any help is greatly appreciated,

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    http://www.safeboot.com/

    Same idea as other link I guess... just another option. A requirement on all laptops used where I work.
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    Much appreciated

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    Look at mcrypt (Google it). Simple command line application which can encrypt/decrypt a lot of different ciphers. I personally like to use Blowfish.

    You'll probably have to compile it.

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