Re: folder prorection

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From: John Wunderlich (jwunderlich_at_lycos.com)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:42:18 -0800

>> "JIM.H." <JIMH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:376B6AF9-5F9A-470B-84B6-535E6A82C2F6@microsoft.com...
>>> Hello,
>>> Is there any free product like "Folder Guard" to protect folder
>>> and files in it with a password?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jim.
>>>
> "David H. Lipman" wrote:
>
>> Yes, its called NTFS permissions. It's free because it is part
>> of the OS.

=?Utf-8?B?SklNLkgu?= <JIMH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:6266E64C-BB90-446A-AB87-847F210E37C5@microsoft.com:
> I am trying to protect a folder in a commonly used computer from
> everyone including administrator. SO operating system does not
> help me.
>

You might want to try an OTFE (on-the-fly-encryption) product. It
works a bit differently than a folder in that it mounts an encrypted
container file as if it were a disk and anything read or written to
this virtual disk is encrypted. The disk is only mounted with a
password and when not mounted it is encrypted with industrial-strength
encryption. When mounted it is accessed freely like any other disk on
your system. It's a great and secure way to carve out a personal area
on a shared computer. A freeware OTFE product called "Truecrypt" is
available at:

  <http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/>

HTH,
  John

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