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Re: Using Truecrypt to Encrypt Your Entire Hard Drive

randyjensen — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:05:44 -0000

Hey Panther!

Thanks for reminding me that I need to write a new post on backing up. I completely forgot :S Glad you enjoyed this tutorial!

Re: Using Truecrypt to Encrypt Your Entire Hard Drive

randyjensen — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:04:41 -0000

Hey Bob, glad you enjoyed the tutorial!

1) I can't give you an exact, but I would expect around an hour
2) The amazing thing about TrueCrypt is the database that is used on the backend actually SPEEDS up read/write times! The TrueCrypt guys are unbelievably good at what they do:)

Hope this helps!

Re: Using Truecrypt to Encrypt Your Entire Hard Drive

randyjensen — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:41:42 -0000

Thanks Jim!

The rescue disk itself isn't really that valuable to anyone but me. You still need my passphrase to get into my system even with the disk. So it doesn't matter per se if the disk is in the same place as the computer .

I do, however, store mine in several places. I have one cd at home and work as well as the .iso stored in the cloud so I can access it from anywhere if need be. This gives you a backup at home, an offsite backup and a third party offsite backup.

I actually do not keep my rescue disk on my encrypted computer anywhere. There's nothing wrong with doing this (if you want to use it as one backup method), but the point of the disk is to save the system if the encrypted boot sector gets corrupt, or there is a malware issue. So if you can't boot the system, you're S.O.L.

'But what if you lose the original disk?' You can always re-run the rescue disk iso from truecrypt if you need to. You should also have several backups like I stated above.

Hope this helps!

Re: User Question: Whats Your Favorite Application/Tool/Algorithm & What Files Do You Protect?

randyjensen — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:57:35 -0000

Hey Neutro,

You're the second person to mention this (or maybe it was you both times;). Either way, I'm very intrigued by it and I'll be registering for it and trying it out as soon as I can. The fact that it protects file independently of the OS is what really caught my attention. I'll hopefully be able to write about it soon to share my experiences and if it can beat TrueCrypt's ease of use and flexibility.

Thanks again!

Re: Hulu Offers New Advertising Options

randyjensen — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:26:11 -0000

Hulu is pretty freaking amazing if you ask me:) It's the first good shot at TV (and movies) online. I totally agree with the no commericals thing....but they need a business model, and I want my stuff on the computer not on the TV, so it's a fair compromise for me.

But just as you say, it's definitely not for everyone!

Re: Using Truecrypt to Encrypt Your Entire Hard Drive

randyjensen — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:00:36 -0000

Hey Histakel,

Glad you found it helpful! Privacy is most certainly a right!

Hopefully I'll have some time in the future to show you how to create hidden partitions to be even more secure:-)

Re: Using Greasemonkey & Firefox To Show Google Calendar With Gmail

randyjensen — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:15:22 -0000

Good! Glad I could help:)

Re: Using Truecrypt to Encrypt Your Entire Hard Drive

randyjensen — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:55:12 -0000

Hey maxmetallica,

You are very welcome! It sounds like you may want to check out my tutorial about encrypting thumb drives with TrueCrypt as well ( http://www.randyjensenonlin... ).

You're dead on. The encryption should actually speed up Windows read/write times a bit. The GUI takes a second to get used to, but once you do, it's very intuitive and simple to use.

Re: Using Truecrypt to Encrypt Your Entire Hard Drive

randyjensen — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:15:16 -0000

Hey Alex,

Yes. With the new TrueCrypt 5.1, you can encrypt volumes on 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard. I'll admit I've never done it personally, but I've heard good things from friends. Good luck!

Here's the download link http://www.truecrypt.org/do...

Re: Using Truecrypt to Encrypt Your Entire Hard Drive

randyjensen — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:04:51 -0000

The UI should be very similar to the Windows UI. I would see if you can use my tutorial to work for the Mac. I'm sure there will be some differences, but overall TrueCrypt should function very similarly.

Re: Using Truecrypt to Encrypt Your Entire Hard Drive

randyjensen — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:34:20 -0000

No problem at all :) Here's how you do it:

1) Click 'Create Volume'
2) Click 'Create a Standard TrueCrypt Volume'
3) Click 'Select Drive' and choose your hard disk ( mine is showing as /dev/rdisk0 )
4) Click 'Next' and you will get a warning. Click 'Yes'

Let me know if that gets you going!

Re: WordCamp Dallas 2008

randyjensen — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:51:27 -0000

you're just jealous you didn't get a sweet shirt like mine :)

Re: disqus on multiple blogs with one account

randyjensen — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:10:13 -0000

Wow, now I feel like a complete n00b. Thanks though! :)

Re: WordPress 2.6 Image Upload Issue

randyjensen — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:11:04 -0000

Hey Brandon,

That's really interesting. What browser are you using? I read up quite a bit on different issues from 2.5 and 2.6 while i was researching this. It seemed a few of them were cleared up by simply clearing your cache, or using a different browser.

They could definitely be related though. I know a couple other people who are having the same issue. It's good not to be alone :)

Re: Twitter, We Have a Problem

randyjensen — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:29:36 -0000

I just checked my page and I got a lot of them back...but I'm still missing several hundred :(

I totally agree. Do you think it was a bug or they did it on purpose??

Re: This Is Why I Don’t Take Vacations…

randyjensen — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:43:19 -0000

Well, if it wasn't covered in princess paraphernalia maybe :)

Re: This Is Why I Don’t Take Vacations…

randyjensen — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:41:18 -0000

Well I would send you the castle but I've already thrown it out :) Sorry!

Re: This Is Why I Don’t Take Vacations…

randyjensen — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:41:34 -0000

Trust me...nothing to be jealous of :)

Re: WordPress 2.6 Image Upload Issue

randyjensen — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:12:31 -0000

Hey Sherryness,

No plugin. WordPress 2.5+ has a flash uploader and the old basic uploader. Thanks though!

Re: WordPress 2.6 Image Upload Issue

randyjensen — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:14:35 -0000

You're the second person that has mentioned the secret key. I obviously need to dig into that a bit more. Thanks!

As far as the caching issue, I've tested in just about every browser I can get my hands on and it doesn't seem to fix the problem. I am going to look into the secret key thing though.

Thanks for the link!

Re: User Question: Whats Your Favorite Application/Tool/Algorithm & What Files Do You Protect?

randyjensen — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:42:41 -0000

Sorry, I haven't yet tried it. TrueCrypt V6 came out and blew everything else out of the water. Although I was curious about nokVault, I only trust my encryption to an open source product. I don't know what kind of back doors or holes are in nokVault.

I was curious at first...but I'll be sticking to TrueCrypt for now :)

Re: Installing TrueCrypt 5.1a & 6.1a On Ubuntu 8.04, 8.10 or 9.04

randyjensen — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:07:54 -0000

Wow. That was amazing. Especially trying to understand it at 6 in the morning...

Also, I just subscribed to your feed. I can't wait to read the hilariosity that is sure to ensue.

Re: WordPress Error: Forbidden

randyjensen — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:51:13 -0000

Hey frann,

Wow, that's really weird too. Have you recently upgraded the blog? I would try clearing the cache or try a different browser. Good luck!

Re: Can’t Empty Trash In Ubuntu 8.04

randyjensen — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:40:42 -0000

Hey jobattle
Here's what I would do (fyi, I'm using a vanilla install of Ubuntu so I'll be doing this on a Debian based Linux with GNOME)

1. run 'sudo fdisk -l' to see the partitions on your computer (you should see something like dev/sda1)
2. install gparted (http://gparted.sourceforge....
3. look for your thumb drive in the top right drop down box and choose it
4. click on the bar graph showing the usage of the drive and hit the delete key
5. then right click and choose 'Format to...' and choose ext3

This is the easiest way I know of, hope it works for you! If not, please let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Re: Can’t Empty Trash In Ubuntu 8.04

randyjensen — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:22:25 -0000

Hey John,

Glad you got it! I'm also very honored to have been able to help someone at NASA :-)