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I have a Cruzer Mini 256 MB thumb drive. Is there anyway to password protect or lock it? Other drives have external locks, but mine doesnt. Any other way possible?
Thanks!
you can encrypt all files on the drive, which would successfully “lock” access to the harddrive/files for all users that do not have your private key/paraphrase.
download (PGP: Pretty Good Privacy, 30 day trial): http://www.pgp.com/downloads/desktoptrial.html
download (GnuPG, freeware commandline):
http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/download/index.html#auto-ref-1user91c wrote:you can encrypt all files on the drive, which would successfully “lock” access to the harddrive/files for all users that do not have your private key/paraphrase.download (PGP: Pretty Good Privacy, 30 day trial): http://www.pgp.com/downloads/desktoptrial.html
download (GnuPG, freeware commandline):
http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/download/index.html#auto-ref-1Well I didnt want to encrypt the files..What I wanted to do was to create a password so it prompts for that password if I or anyone else is trying to load or delete files onto it.
Is this possible?
Thanks for any help and the links!
the problem with passwords is that they are easily crackable. i posted links to encryption because it is more secure than passwords. if you really want to add passwords to files you can read this page, which has a buch of stuff (found on google by typing password to files thumb drive): http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/18826
“A very simple solution is to use winzip’s built-in encryption… When you double click the folder you’ll be asked for a password. No fuss, no muss. When done, put the file back in there.”
user91c wrote:the problem with passwords is that they are easily crackable. i posted links to encryption because it is more secure than passwords. if you really want to add passwords to files you can read this page, which has a buch of stuff (found on google by typing password to files thumb drive): http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/18826“A very simple solution is to use winzip’s built-in encryption… When you double click the folder you’ll be asked for a password. No fuss, no muss. When done, put the file back in there.”
I dont know how to install/use PGP and how much room does it take?
topramen422 wrote:I dont know how to install/use PGP and how much room does it take?if you download it (which requires you to supply their website with a good deal of information about yourself which really shouldnt be required for a free trial of anything), you’ll get an .exe file, named something along the lines of pgpinstall.exe or something, which you double click to open. it should guide you through the installation from there. it’s no different than installing any other program.as for how much size does it take, it shouldn’t take more than a few megabytes of hard drive space, if you’re worried about that (which i’m curious why you would be concerned about how much space it takes. very few programs take more than a few megabytes of space, unless it’s a very intensive program such as the MS Office suite or Photoshop…)
personally i suggest you use GnuPG (GPG/gpg) because, like TigerBlade said, you have to provide personal information for the PGP trial (i hate how once you move to a bigger room, you get obstructed by money). I don’t know why they would do this, especially since they offer a way to increase your privacy… instead they are peering into your private life by asking this information… anyway back to the good stuff.
GnuPG is a command line tool. once you get it extracted from the “installer” exe, run command prompt (winkey+r, start>>run) and “cd” over to the “install folder”
Code:cd “C:Program FilesGNUGnuPG”Code:gpg –helpwill give you instructions on how to use this software
you may also want to read the man pages inside “/Doc” especially “README-W32.txt”.
since this file is small (~1.37MB) you can just put the gpg installer inside the thumbdrive. if you don’t feel like installing gpg on every system you use… just copy the GnuPG “install folder” to your thumb drive/Key Drive (w.e. you want to call it). this should allow gpg to work anywhere where you can launch exes. “… Keep in mind that Windows ist just a temporary workaround until you can switch to a complete Free Software system.”
older versions of GnuPG (w32 binary) are available here: ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/ (i have used gnupg-w32cli-1.2.5.zip)
these are more helpful since they don’t have an installer. you can place the files inside your thumbdrive without having to worry. i’m pretty sure you can put the files somewhere other than the install folder (for 1.4.1), i just haven’t tried it yet.
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