MrWhisp Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 Hello, I am looking for a tool for creating encrypted containers. I have found BestCrypt, but I think it is a little expensive ($88). Anyone know of a freeware solution? /MrWhisp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtweidmann Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 I'm not sure exactly what you mean by encrypted containers (don't do cryptology much) but kgpg is quite good. Its a KDE applet that managers/creates pgp keys for you. It also adds option to KDE/Konqueror menus for encrypting/decrypting files as and when you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWhisp Posted May 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 KGPG is good for encrypting single files. What I want is a tool that creates a virtual encrypted disc which can be mounted. When unmounted it is just a single encrypted file containing all your private files. In this way you can hide the encrypted files from being listed. Otherwise you will see the files, but not read them... /MrWhisp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 (edited) Mandrake (at least version 9.1 and 9.2, I haven't tried 10 yet) have the ability to create encrypted loopback filesystem which should be perfect for your needs. All you have to do is install it by typing urpmi mountloop Creating the loopback filesystem is actually easy in this case. Mandrake has the graphical tool called Drakloop in K Menu -> Application -> Other -> Drakloop. Now mounting and unmounting the loopback filesystem is a bit harder since you need to use command line method. You can read how in /usr/share/doc/mountloop-0.9/ directory (at least.. the 0.9 part is for my case which is Mandrake 9.1). Enjoy :) Edited May 6, 2004 by DragonMage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrenhunt Posted May 19, 2004 Report Share Posted May 19, 2004 Hello, I am looking for a tool for creating encrypted containers. I have found BestCrypt, but I think it is a little expensive ($88). Anyone know of a freeware solution? /MrWhisp Check out: http://www.torduninja.tk/ Wren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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