TrueCrypt ??

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 11:07 am

Anyone using this? I'm considering encrypting my wife's laptop (everything) to ensure against any intrusions and/or theft. It is also wireless and I thought it might help also in case someone happens to hack our home network.

TonyT · Post by **TonyT** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:23 am

Works great, but don't encrypt the whole drive. Just encrypt sensitive data.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:24 am

I've deployed it in production environments, recently encrypted a fleet of around 25 laptops for someone...did the entire disk. Works fine. Software full disk encryption does give you a small penalty hit...some brands heavier than others, in my experience TrueCrypt does not give much of a performance hit compared to other brands.

The full encryption process is quite easy, it has a wizard that sets it up for you...kicks of a process that can take a couple of hours to do (that you don't need to babysit) depending on your laptops horsepower.

If you do the FDE, make sure you create the rescue disk..."just in case".