TrueCrypt

[James Kramer]

> TrueCrypt sounds like a good tool (it's been covered on several "Security
> Now" podcasts, see grc.com), but not a good fit for a backup application.
> The encrypted view of the files will be as a block device or big file
> containing the file system. Any slight change within that file system
> results in a completely different looking blob of binary data. Not
> particularly efficient for backups.

I never considered the fact that a small change to the TrueCrypt
volume would require the whole volume to be resynced.

>
> Take a look at the rsynccrypto project.
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/rsyncrypto/

I will take a look.

>> How do people...keep a copy of their personal info such
>> as bank stuff and passwords secure?
>
> I use KeyPass (KeyPassX on Linux) - a multi-platform password safe.
> http://www.keepassx.org/
>

Thanks for all the suggestions.  That is the info that I need.

Jay