Hey guys!
I remember I downloaded sometime ago TC portable from somewhere, but I just can't seem to find where.
Can you help me?
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It was here in the Beta Forums.
https://portableapps.com/node/14374
True Crypt is also natively portable so you can use the current release directly.
Are you sure it doesn't leave any traces behind?
Anyone knows for sure if TC is truly portable and doesn't leave any traces behind?
As do any and all applications that you run.
Windows keeps MRU lists (most recently used) of all apps spawned by any user. There is no way for a non-administrator to remove these entries, so the launchers don't (and shouldn't) try. Every application you launch will leave them.
I would suggest that you read up on it on the truecrypt.org website. There is a section there on the traveller mode, and what it does and doesn't leave behind.
But, like I say, that applies to EVERYTHING that you run, TC is no worse than anything else.
N0ob question:
Can i use TrueCrypt, in traveler mode to protect a flash drive, and then run it on a computer such as at a library or internet cafe, that will more than likely not be a admin account? Well, let's just go ahead and say they won't ever be admin accounts. Can I still use the flash drive with TrueCrypt on them?
If not, what apps are there that can encrypt an entire usb flash drive, that don't require an admin account to use them?
Thanks very much.
p.s.
I did find this free program that says it will create up to 1GB encrypted containers/partition and claims will run on non-admin accounts ok. But I'm a bit uncertain about it not being open source and all. I guess I'm afraid it could possibly contain a backdoor of some sort. Also it won't encrypt the entire flash drive. I guess a 1GB container/partition is better than nothing
http://www.rohos.com/free-encryption/
No, TrueCrypt requires an admin account. There is no way around this. There will never be a way around this
Any software encryption system that makes the encrypted container appear as a drive letter must used admin access to do this.
In case that wasn't clear, there is no way for windows software to add a drive letter unless it has admin access
Apps like Rohos work by adding the drive letter for access if you have admin rights, or if they have been installed by an administrator (which is exactly the same as TrueCrypt), but by allowing you to run a standalone exe that can access the container (treat it more like a zip file) if you don't have admin rights. There is a program called TCExplorer that does this for TrueCrypt, but due to some changes in the spec, it only works with containers created by TrueCrypt 4 (which are still generally secure enough for normal use if set up appropriately)
Hey, thanks for the info Jimbo. After reading through some of the older threads around here, I realized that hardware based encryption seems to be the recommended way to go.
As much as I love free stuff, I might just have to buy a new flash drive with hardware encryption. They seem somewhat expensive though, so I'm still keeping my options open while I look around a bit more.
I'll try your recommendation to run an older version of TrueCrypt first. I see you can still download 4.3a, so I'll try that.
Too bad about TCExplorer no longer really being developed to work with the newer versions of TC. That would be fantastic if it would work with the latest versions of TC.
Well, at least it will still work with the 4.3a version of TC, which after reading quite a few of the older threads around here seems like about the best free option going.
You can create the container file with the format utility from 4.3a and then use the latest version of TrueCrypt for your everyday work with it.
The primary reason for the format change between 4.3a and 5.0 was that XTX mode (the new format) had become the IEEE standard for cryptographic protection of data on block-oriented storage devices. (IEEE 1619 Dec 2007)
There aren't any security issues with the old format, no known exploits or anything like that, and it sill works just fine.
The main reason I use TrueCrypt over hardware encryption (even on a drive that supports hw crypt) is that the hardware solutions I have tried all work on an either/or basis. Either you can see the unencrypted partition or you enter your password and you can see the encrypted one instead on the same drive letter.
I have an 8GB drive with a 4GB TrueCrypt container. I keep a huge set of apps, diagnostics, malware scanners, etc on the open half of the drive, and all my private data on the crypted half, but when I'm accessing the private data, I still want to have the apps available on the open half.
Thanks Jimbo.
IIRC it requires an admin account. Fine at home, fine at your friends'/mates' house, not fine at work, not fine at school.
And for those experimenting with launchers, geek.menu is a fork of the official PortableApps menu which comes with TrueCrypt bundled. PortableApps.com Menu + TrueCrypt + Black + Cool name = geek.menu. I didn't care for it though, can't remember exactly why.