Questions tagged [truecrypt]
TrueCrypt is a software application used for on-the-fly encryption (OTFE).
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How can I analyze an encrypted HDD?
I have a HDD which I encrypted few years ago but I can't remember the tool I used. How can I find out if I have used TrueCrypt or VeraCrypt to encrypt my hard drive?
Thanks.
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Remotely connect to Hyper-V guest before OS boot?
I have several guest VMs that use Truecrypt full disk encryption running on a Hyper-V host. What are my options to allow VM owners to enter their own password to boot the machine?
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Removable volume dismount: drive letter remains reserved
On a Windows 2008 Server regular users are allowed to mount a TrueCrypt volume running a batch as administrator. The volume is dismounted automatically on certain conditions by another batch file ran ...
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encrypt mariadb database files
I'm currently setting up an installation of mediawiki on arch linux using nginx and mariadb as a database. Since it will be a private wiki I would like to encrypt the database files using veracrypt.
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DFS Synchronization between truecrypt mounted volumes?
I setup DFS synchronization between two server in my network and it's working fine, But DFS is unable to sync my true-crypt container because of it's mounted every time and in mounted position the ...
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Windows Server Backup "the parameter is incorrect" on Hyper-V Core
In my lab I run a Hyper-V Server 2012 Core to run multiple test-systems virtualy. To backup my system I want to use the "Windows Server Backup" role/feature. This role/feature works fine on other ...
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Truecrypt Boot Volume - Keyfiles?
I am actively using keyfiles for non-boot partitions and files (containers?), but I am wanting to bring this into the full system with a boot partition containing my OS (Windows or Linux). However, I ...
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Bitlocker whole disk encryption on second (non-boot) drive
I'm working on a project where I need to encrypt only the data drive on a machine and I don't want there to be any user interaction at the console on boot. These systems will be running at remote ...
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whats the general process for using a smart card in truecrypt?
I'm a little confused with how to deploy truecrypt our environment
I purchased a few smartcards (ACOS5) that are supposedly compatible with truecrypt
however i'm unable to make it all work due to ...
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CentOS OpenVZ kernel panic when mounting ext4 truecrypt volume in nokernelcrypto mode
I am experiencing kernel panic when trying to mount a ext4 filesystem which itself resides on a truecrypt volume mounted using -m nokernelcrypto option.
The system is CentOS 6.3, OpenVZ Kernel 2.6.32-...
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Cannot create Hyper-V Virtual Machine - General Access Denied 0x80070005
I have the standalone Hyper-V Server 2012 running and I'm trying to create the first VM on it but I'm getting the following error:
From my research, this error comes up with something related to the ...
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Lock ups, crashing, transferring files using TrueCrypt with iSCSI
I have looked into this error and it seems that it hasn't been discussed yet - or at least I can't find any information relating.
I'm having issues transferring files, usually larger files over a ...
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Using TrueCrypt with File Replication on Windows Server
We have a few folders that are set to replicate to a DR file server off-site. One of these folders contains a file that is a TrueCrypt volume container.
When this file is mounted in TrueCrypt, the ...
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"hide" an encrypted partition on a USB drive
I have a USB drive with two partitions. The first is unencrypted and has the truecrypt binary. The second is encrypted (with truecrypt) and has sensitive data.
When I plug in my USB drive the ...
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Windows Backup Server & TrueCrypt Volume
I have a number of USB-powered external hard drives I was going to use for server backups for my Windows 2008 server.
I tested Windows Server Backup, and it seemed to back up fine. However, since I'm ...
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TrueCrypt for production server - what are my risks?
I want the data on a server to be secure as possible so I intend to use TruCrypt which served me well so far (as a Windows user).
Installing, running & mounting isn't an issue.
I'm worried about ...
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Virtual linux drive on a NAS - recommendations
I have a Linux server currently running under a Microsoft Virtual Machine. I have it set up so that the storage drive is set up as a secondary virtual disk. I need to move this machine to a new box ...
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Truecrypt & apache, how to manage the file permission?
I'm on Ubuntu.
I use a truecrypt container to store all my working files.
My apache server run with the user www-data ( the default setting ).
When I mount the container using truecrypt, all my file ...
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virtual machines and cryptography
I suspect I'm a bit offtopic with the site mission, but it seems me more fitting for the question than stackoverflow
i'm in preparing to create a vm with sensible data (personal use, it will be a web+...
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Variable size encrypted container [closed]
Is there an application similar to TrueCrypt, but the one that can make variable size containers opposed to fixed-size or only-growing-to-certain-amount containers which can be made by TrueCrypt?
I ...
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Can I set Truecrypt options from terminal?
When trying to dismount an encrypted partition i get the ol'
Error: device-mapper: remove ioctl failed: Device or resource busy. The recommended solution from the interwebz seems to be to change some ...
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Encrypting files within a container on a virtual linux system without kernel modules
I have a virtualized linux system (vserver) that gives me all root privileges except manipulation of kernel modules. Now I wish to have a solution similar to TrueCrypt where I can create an encrypted ...
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Mount TrueCrypt encrypted volume by Cobian prebackup event
I have a 1TB USB disk where I make the first level of backup of a WS2008 R2 file server. The usb is not fully encrypted, just about 700GB. Cobian is running as a service, impersonating Administrator ...
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Truecrypt - disk stops reading/writing with regular intervals (Ubuntu)
I am running Ubuntu Lucid with a raid0 setup
Intel Xeon X3440 - 4x (2x 2.9GHz)
16GB RAM
I got a 1.9TB truecrypt7.0 file container with AES located in my /home (where raid is).
When testing network ...
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BSOD 90% of the time during a TrueCrypt mount
About 90% of the time when I mount a TrueCrypt share I get a blue screen of death. The error codes I see in the BSOD vary. The last two I saw mentioned eamon.sys and irql_less_than_or_equal.
Windows ...
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Encrypted file server
What I want is about this: Files are encrypted on the server, apache can decrypt it with certificates the client has to have installed and then send it encrypted to the client via SSL.
So the files ...
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Encrypted LVM shutdown
So I have two hard drives. The actual drives have been encrypted with TrueCrypt, and then the virtual encrypted devices have been combined into a volume group using LVM. Now TrueCrypt does not ...
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TrueCrypt to protect Windows server and web application
As an additional layer of security on a windows server (stored on-site) I am
considering to use TrueCrypt.
However my concern is if my webapp will still work as expected? I dont want anyone
to ...
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Windows 2008 server grinds to a halt under medium/heavy network traffic
I have a nas running Windows server 2008 standard sp2 (x86) and in the past few days it has started crashing whenever there was more then only light network traffic going on.
It happens when:
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Truecrypt fails to unmount
With a recent package and kernel update truecrypt refuses to unmount drives with
device-mapper: remove ioctl failed:
Device or resource busy Command failed
(worked fine before) Ubuntu 10.10
I ...
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Problem backing up certain files with rsync
I am trying to backup several files with rsync, most of them work, except the files which are actually truecrypt encrypted containers. I have a hidden volume within the files, and I wonder if this is ...
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Htaccess problems when coming from a truecrypt container
I was messing with one of my sites' .htaccess files and got it working as desired. Then I was finished working on it so I moved it to my encrypted container (TrueCrypt). Later on I wanted to change ...
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Can I use the same password for TrueCrypt as what I used when creating my Public Key?
I created and published a Public Key using gpg.
I am now creating a TrueCrypt volume and wish to use the same password. Does knowing my public key, in this instance, make my TrueCrypt volume become ...
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Sharing a TueCrypted external hard drive over a windows LAN
As the title says. The drive is encrypted with truecrypt so every time it gets mounted I have to explicitly share it from the host machine. This is inconvenient because windows has to scan the ...
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is it possible to create a hidden encrypted /home partition in linux
i know it's possible to encrypt your home partition (migration of home shown in the link)
http://sysphere.org/~anrxc/j/articles/ecryptfs/index.html
but later i found out that this is possible to ...
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Ubuntu 10.10 and Windows 7 (TrueCrypt) Multi-boot Problems
I have now been searching days for a solution but have found nothing.
I have Ubuntu 10.10 and Windows 7 with TrueCrypt as a multi-boot. It was working fine for a few weeks until I needed to reinstall ...
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Encrypt entire Linux drive with TrueCrypt
I've found plenty of info online about how to encrypt a drive with TrueCrypt, but everything I found was either outdated or not for Linux.
Here's what I'm after: I want to encrypt my entire drive (...
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Checkout Laptops Imaging and Encryption
We have about 20 laptops (windows xp or 7) that we're getting ready for checkout at a library. People will be using these laptops anywhere from 1 day to 3 months.
We have a few issues because of new ...
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Using Truecrypt to secure mySQL database, any pitfalls?
The objective is to secure my database data from server theft, i.e. the server is at a business office location with normal premises lock and burglar alarm, but because the data is personal healthcare ...
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Ubuntu 10.4 Full Disk Encryption
Is it possible to setup full disk encryption for Ubuntu 10.4 server? Either natively or with Truecrypt?
Additionally, is this something that has to be done at the time of installing the OS, or can it ...
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aligning truecrypt partition on 1.5TB 4kB sector drive
Aligning partitions to start at real physical sector of ssds / stripped raids / 4kB drives is a 'good thing to do', but I've run into a problems when trying to do it for a truecrypt partition that ...
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Truecrypt: Encrypt whole system on a mac
I it possible to encrypt the whole system partition of my mac using truecrypt. It seems to work for windows but I did not find a solution for my mac.
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Trucrypt or any HDD encryption solution with a bypass?
in my environment here we have started using trucrypt to encrypt and protect our laptops that are being brought out of the office.
The issue comes with the password, we can document the passwords and ...
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Truecrypt or LUKS?
My work requires my laptop hard drive (running Linux) to be encrypted and from what I can tell TrueCrypt and LUKS seem to be the two major contenders out there.
In a "normal" system, if the system ...
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Fix a Truecrypt Volume
I've have a backup volume using truecrypt (USB Disk, entire disk (eg /dev/sdb)) accidentally added to a Windows System and then using windows that disk has been initialized.
No other action has been ...
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Recommended drive encryption solution
I will soon be purchasing a number of laptops running Windows 7 for our mobile staff. Due to the nature of our business I will need drive encryption. Windows BitLocker seems the obvious choice, but it ...
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How would you manage keys with TrueCrypt in a business enviroment?
What would be some of the best options for implementing TrueCrypt on all external devices so if any are lost or stolen that the data is not readable to another person but could be managed in a way ...
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Duplicate a hard-drive encypted with TruCrypt
I want to duplicate a hard drive from one Windows 7 x64 laptop to another with identical hardware but a slightly smaller hard-drive. Normally I'd use ghost4unix or similar to clone C: and ignore D: (...
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Protecting files from system administrator [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
protecting my files from root
Hi,
I am looking for a solution to allow storing files with sensitive information on a remote server in such way that system administrators ...
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How to fsck.ext3 a TrueCrypt Volume?
I have a truecrypt file that contains an ext3 file system. Not sure exactly how to word this, but is there a way I can mount the truecrypt volume without actually mounting the filesystem within it so ...