Talk:Encryption, NTFS Support, and Windows Share Management - Revision history

Ramuk: 4 revision(s)

Ramuk — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:59:17 GMT

4 revision(s)

← Older revision

Revision as of 23:59, 10 November 2007

WizardFusion at 22:42, 11 November 2006

WizardFusion — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 22:42:09 GMT

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:42, 11 November 2006
Line 12:		Line 12:

	You'll also need an OS boot disk to create the initial partition(s), but you can format the partitions (FAT or NTFS) once they have been mounted.		You'll also need an OS boot disk to create the initial partition(s), but you can format the partitions (FAT or NTFS) once they have been mounted.
		+
		+
		+
		+	Instead of using an Eval copy of VMware Workstation, use the completely free VMware Server instead. [[User:WizardFusion\|WizardFusion]] 23:42, 11 November 2006 (CET)

Matbeard at 10:32, 21 April 2006

Matbeard — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:32:32 GMT

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:32, 21 April 2006
Line 1:		Line 1:
-	~~Removed~~ for ~~further investigation~~. ~~Sorry~~.	+	I've been trying to solve the network shares caveat, but unfortunately, even when you manage to get TrueCrypt running as a service it doesn't work.
		+
		+	However, whilst fiddling about I ran into some reliability problems with TrueCrypt, so I looked for an alternative solution.
		+
		+	What I came up with uses tools from VMware, namely the VMware Disk Mount utility and an evaluation version of VMWare Workstation 5.
		+
		+	The main differences between using VMWare and TrueCrypt is the size of the virtual disk files that are created. If you create a 500GB disk with TrueCrypt it occupies 500GB, even if there's nothing on it. VMWare virtual disks expand as they are filled, so an empty 500GB volume will only take up a few MB.
		+
		+	Obviously, using VMware doesn't encrypt the data, but if you don't need this level of security it's a good option. As far as I can tell, the VMWare software uses substantially less system resources.
		+
		+	You can get the VMWare software from http://www.vmware.com (the VMWare virtual disk format is open, so you can also find various third-party tools scattered around the net).
		+
		+	You'll also need an OS boot disk to create the initial partition(s), but you can format the partitions (FAT or NTFS) once they have been mounted.

Matbeard at 16:57, 20 April 2006

Matbeard — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:57:28 GMT

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:57, 20 April 2006
Line 1:		Line 1:
-	~~I've managed to avoid the caveat regarding network shares using Winserv (http://www~~.~~sw4me~~.~~com/products/winserv/) to install TrueCrypt as a Windows service.~~	+	Removed for further investigation. Sorry.
-		+
-	~~This works really well: TrueCrypt mounts the volume before lanmanserver starts, so any network shares are exposed without having to login to the server.~~	+
-		+
-	However, I still have a problem, which somebody may be able to help me with. The truecrypt volumne file is located on an unprotected share on the TeraStation. I need to password protect it, but that will require a username/password prompt to be completed before I can mount the volume.	+
-		+
-	~~How can I pass the username/password from the command line when mounting the volume?~~	+

Matbeard at 10:21, 20 April 2006

Matbeard — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:21:21 GMT

New page

I've managed to avoid the caveat regarding network shares using Winserv (http://www.sw4me.com/products/winserv/) to install TrueCrypt as a Windows service.

This works really well: TrueCrypt mounts the volume before lanmanserver starts, so any network shares are exposed without having to login to the server.

However, I still have a problem, which somebody may be able to help me with. The truecrypt volumne file is located on an unprotected share on the TeraStation. I need to password protect it, but that will require a username/password prompt to be completed before I can mount the volume.

How can I pass the username/password from the command line when mounting the volume?