Hi linux-crypto, I am still using WINdoze, but have been reading alot about Linux. I have now downloaded Mandrake 9.0 and am ready to try installing it. With WIN, I have SCRAMDISK and DRIVECRYPT and feel that my confidential data is safe no matter what. If I make the synthetic hard drives 650-700MB, I can not only back them up to CD-ROM easily, but can even mount the "hard disk" when it is in any CD-ROM drive in any WIN computer. The driver is a small executable that fits on any media in any pocket. I understand that Mandrake 9.0 has crypto out-of-the-box, but what does that really mean? Is it equivalent to using SCRAMDISK/DRIVECRYPT? Can confidential data be easily backed up on CDs, while remaining in encrypted format? What does FS encryption really mean? Is just the FAT encrypted, leaving the data in the clear? Best regards, Earl - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
