Encryption of school data

[enjay]

TrueCrypt is overkill for our requirements here, and would likely lead to as many problems as it solved. What else do people use, ideally which is also Mac compatible?

[Nozza]

i think you have to compromise when it comes to encryption. There are tons of folder and file level encryption apps around that will secure files on demand. They work fine for a few files but take ages for larger amounts of data. Truecrypt is very fast but it does have the whole mounting'/container thing and a level of complexity for users which might not suit other situations.

 

One thing that is interesting....people don't seem to be pushing EFS in these sorts of discussions. I'd be interested to know if people are use it. I've been reading up on it a bit. Clearly it can be very convenient for users as it's transparent and pretty quick. I've read of a number of vulnerabilities in Win2000 which appear to have been fixed for XP even on standalone machines. As long as the user has a decent password it sounds quite secure even on a laptop with a roaming profile sitting on it. Or is that not right?

[enjay]

I've just noticed that TrueCrypt has a Mac version - could that be used in tandem with the Windows one, i.e. encrypt a file/volume on Windows and decrypt it on a Mac?