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What is the best way to secure a flash drive?

#1 Post by thatgothbehindyou » Fri May 03, 2013 1:56 am

Being a tech website I thought this might be the best place to ask. I run linux and use a flash drive to store files. What would be the best method for securing it? I would prefer plug 'n play, but I'm open to all possibilities.

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#2 Post by ganon11000 » Fri May 03, 2013 2:10 am

Use bit locker encryption? (In windows 7 ultimate and windows 8 pro)
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Re: What is the best way to secure a flash drive?

#3 Post by thatgothbehindyou » Fri May 03, 2013 2:14 am

Except that I don't use windows. I use linux.

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#4 Post by loyukfai » Fri May 03, 2013 4:18 am

TrueCrypt?

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#5 Post by ScottyBoy » Fri May 03, 2013 5:08 am

loyukfai wrote:TrueCrypt?

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+1 - Use it for all of the USB Sticks and HDDs that contain my personal data.

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Re: What is the best way to secure a flash drive?

#6 Post by thatgothbehindyou » Fri May 03, 2013 5:58 am

Truecrypt can be sniffed by COFEE, but I suppose nothing is invulnerable. I'll check it out, thanks for the suggestions.

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#7 Post by DaKKS » Fri May 03, 2013 7:14 am

Truecrypt is extremely safe. So far I haven't heard of a truecrypt encrypted system cracked by anyone, law enforcement included. I use it myself daily.

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#8 Post by rumbero » Fri May 03, 2013 8:32 am

For Linux, the standard encryption solution is LUKS. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Unified_Key_Setup and also http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup.

It is typically integrated in the usual Linux distributions. Debian offers installation into a LUKS encrypted LVM in its installation routine.
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#9 Post by Tõnis » Wed May 15, 2013 7:49 am

I make about five 3 GB encrypted containers using TrueCrypt. I store all the data I want to backup from my hard drive inside these containers. I then store the encrypted 3 GB files on my BlackBerry's micro SD card. I even store a copy of TrueCrypt on the micro SD card. It's an off site backup in my pocket! (The reason for the 3GB files is the micro sd card doesn't seem to support larger files.)
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#10 Post by unix_joe » Wed May 15, 2013 10:13 pm

+1 for TrueCrypt. Put it on a FAT partition and you can open the container on any OS.
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#11 Post by thatgothbehindyou » Wed May 15, 2013 10:18 pm

Thanks guys. :)

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