[Web4lib] Re: Bitten by the Portable Apps bug!

[Mark Gilman]

Tara,

I haven't tried it, but this -- if it works as advertised -- seems a robust
and easy to use solution: 

http://www.truecrypt.org/

Regards,
Mark Gilman
 
Municipal Reference Librarian
Urban Information Center
Dallas Public Library
1515 Young St., 6th floor.
Dallas, TX 75201
214-670-1482
http://dallaslibrary.org/cgi/cui.htm


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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 06 May 2006 23:57:45 -0400
From: Tara Calishain <calumet at mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Bitten by the Portable Apps bug!
To: "Drew, Bill" <drewwe at MORRISVILLE.EDU>, "web4lib"
	<web4lib at webjunction.org>
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At 12:03 PM 5/4/2006, Drew, Bill wrote:
>I must admit I have been bitten by the Portable Apps bug!  I just 
>installed Portable Firefox, Portable ClamWin, and Portable AbiWord onto 
>my thumb drive.  If this keeps up I will need to get a bigger thumb 
>drive.  You can find lots of great Portable Applications at:
>http://portableapps.com/.  I blame it on Michael Sauers! ;-)

I must admit I find this stuff fascinatin', the fact that I could put the
core of what I need for Internet research on a nerdstick. (I have a 64 MB
one that I bought in 2003 and it still works like a charm, despite getting
extensively chewed on my the cat.) 

But one thing stops me -- the idea of losing it. What happens if you have an
FTP client loaded with your passwords etc and you lose the stick? 

Is there a way to encrypt the 'stick's content? I know there are biometric
nerdsticks but I don't really trust that as a security measure yet. 

Tara