Somewhat off topic as I don't want to know how to crack it !
Can anyone recommend a cross platform USB ThumbDrive Encryption product that is any good ? Ideally I'd want to be able to run it on Windows, Linux and MacOS, and I want to be able to run it _from the drive_ _without_ having to have administrator rights on any of the machines ( n.b. this negates all of the TrueCrypt answers as far as I can tell ).
Answers on the back of a postcard please.
( By the way the usage is irrelevant, it's not for any forensic task, so questions about contamination, forensic soundness etc. are moot -P )
Thanks.
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azrael
It's this bit that kills it for me 😯
_without_ having to have administrator rights on any of the machines
No suggestions, sorry
Paul
Yeah, it's a pain - the propreitary stuff on a majority of "secure" pen drives will work without admin rights, but they're all Windows only.
The only one that I have used is TrueCrypt, but I am sure you have already thought of that already.
I have used TrueCrypt on Linux and Windows with no problem but not on MAC.
Have you checked out the IronKey,
http//otfedb.sdean12.org/
jaclaz
Thanks for the input everyone - That link is of great interest jaclaz, really informative.
I have, unfortunately however, had to bite the bullet and buy an IronKey (Thanks for the link pronie2121) for the cross platform bit, rendering the Corsair 16Gb Survivor I'd just bought completely redundant. Ah well, that'll teach me to do my research first !
( NB To Ranj - Yeah, truecrypt is great, I use it on MacOS X, Windows 7, Win XP and Linux - however it falls foul of the "need admin rights" problem. The device is being plugged into a secure network where, sensibly, admin rights aren't available to us mere mortals ! )
The device is being plugged into a secure network where, sensibly, admin rights aren't available to us mere mortals ! )
I could be wrong as I'm shooting from the hip here.
As I understand it you only need to have admin rights in order to install the small dynamic link library that comes with the traveller version. After that, it should run without admin rights. Can't you get an administrator to load it for a one-time hit? It should work as an ordinary user thereafter.
Paul
Paul, you may be right - and that definately is worth investigating. It wouldn't be an option in my scenario though owing to the application approval process - wouldn't justify for a single user.
Thanks though !
Just an update & by way of review
I bought an IronKey Basic S200 from
The software is very good, easy initial configuration, and _almost_ administratorless. I say almost, because I was missing a GCC library on my Linux machine ( not one of the machines that I _don't_ control ) and had to install it, however after this it worked seamlessly as an ordinary user on MacOS X, Windows XP & 7 and Fedora Core 12.
It's not cheap, and it isn't large ( 1Gb only ) - conversely I've not got _that_ many secure files, and, used sensibly in combination with my 16Gb survivor, I have security and capacity … If you are made of money, then IronKey does make larger capacity drives.
Would recommend where the need arises for such a device -)