TrueCrypt - Disk Encryption Software - OPINIONS?

On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:26:30 -0800, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> OTOH, the Wikipedia article says (I'll copy and paste):
>
> "Multiposting is the preferred[by whom?] way to post the same
> information to multiple channels."
>
> That is neither what you said nor what I believe...

Golly, a mistake in Wikipedia. I'm shocked! shocked!

Recently I found out that my "FAQ of the Rings" was cited in a
Wikipedia article and my name given as Dan Brown!

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:26:30 -0800, Gene E. Bloch
<> wrote:

> OTOH, the Wikipedia article says (I'll copy and paste):
>
> "Multiposting is the preferred[by whom?] way to post the same
> information to multiple channels."
>
> That is neither what you said nor what I believe...


Ugh! Wikipedia is dead wrong in this instance, as far as I'm
concerned. Multiposting just fragments the thread, so someone who
answers in one newsgroup doesn't always get to see answers from others
in another newsgroup. And for those who read all the newsgroups the
message is multiposted to, they see the message multiple times instead
of once (they would see it only once if you correctly crossposted
instead). This wastes everyone's time, and gets you poorer help than
you should get.

On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:20:58 -0500, Stan Brown
<> wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:13:16 -0800, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> >
> > On 1/25/2012, VanguardLH posted:
> > > Learn to cross-post:
> >
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting
> > > http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
> > > http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html
> >
> > Thanks - your remarks on cross-posting and multi-posting, complete with
> > links, are more helpful than my post.
> >
> > Looks like it's time to copy your links so I can emulate you in the
> > future. (And so I did.)
>
> Ahem. Here's one more:
> http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm
> It includes crossposting, proper quoting and attributions, and more.
> (Yes, I'm the author.)


Good article. One suggestion for improvement, though. You say

"Don't shout

"Posting in ALL CAPITALS is the written equivalent of shouting, and
many people consider it very rude. Don’t do it: it’s bad strategy to
annoy the people that you’re asking to help you."

But over and above annoying people, all caps is very hard to read, and
the result is that many of us often ignore posts that are all caps. So
it fails to get help from some people who might help you.

On 1/25/2012, Stan Brown posted:
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:26:30 -0800, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>> OTOH, the Wikipedia article says (I'll copy and paste):
>>
>> "Multiposting is the preferred[by whom?] way to post the same
>> information to multiple channels."
>>
>> That is neither what you said nor what I believe...

> Golly, a mistake in Wikipedia. I'm shocked! shocked!

> Recently I found out that my "FAQ of the Rings" was cited in a
> Wikipedia article and my name given as Dan Brown!

It wouldn't surprise me if it turns out that the text was changed after
VLH collected the URL. Wikipedia is open in that way...

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:04:37 -0800, Tecknomage
<> wrote:

>
>
>I just became aware of "TrueCrypt" - Disk Encryption Software....
>http://www.truecrypt.org/
>
>Anyone tried this? Opinions?

I use it with detachable thumb drives and I can hide these in remote
locations if necessary. Each thumb drive has its twin backup hidden
off site.

The FBI might have required TrueCrypt to register its software, and
backdoor entry to it and encrypted drives, in the interests of
"national security". It would be safe to bet this has happened.

The record of USB thumbdrive activity is kept in the registry under
the name USBSTOR, but software exists to expunge these records. I
still have not found it however.

On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:53:55 +1100, Peter Jason wrote:
> The FBI might have required TrueCrypt to register its software, and
> backdoor entry to it and encrypted drives, in the interests of
> "national security". It would be safe to bet this has happened.

I'm as ready as the next one to believe that the gummint is
subverting our privacy, but do you have any evidence at all for this
shocking claim, or is it pure paranoia?

TrueCrypt is open source, so it would be rather hard to hide any back
doors.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:42:01 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:
>
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:20:58 -0500, Stan Brown
> <> wrote:
> > Ahem. Here's one more:
> > http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm
> > It includes crossposting, proper quoting and attributions, and more.
> > (Yes, I'm the author.)
>
>
> Good article. One suggestion for improvement, though. You say
>
> "Don't shout
>
> "Posting in ALL CAPITALS is the written equivalent of shouting, and
> many people consider it very rude. Don?t do it: it?s bad strategy to
> annoy the people that you?re asking to help you."
>
> But over and above annoying people, all caps is very hard to read, and
> the result is that many of us often ignore posts that are all caps. So
> it fails to get help from some people who might help you.

Good suggestion. I've done it.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:24:15 -0500, Stan Brown
<> wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:42:01 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:20:58 -0500, Stan Brown
> > <> wrote:
> > > Ahem. Here's one more:
> > > http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm
> > > It includes crossposting, proper quoting and attributions, and more.
> > > (Yes, I'm the author.)
> >
> >
> > Good article. One suggestion for improvement, though. You say
> >
> > "Don't shout
> >
> > "Posting in ALL CAPITALS is the written equivalent of shouting, and
> > many people consider it very rude. Don?t do it: it?s bad strategy to
> > annoy the people that you?re asking to help you."
> >
> > But over and above annoying people, all caps is very hard to read, and
> > the result is that many of us often ignore posts that are all caps. So
> > it fails to get help from some people who might help you.
>
> Good suggestion. I've done it.


Glad to hear it, and you're welcome.

On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:41:36 -0500, Stan Brown
<> wrote:

>On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:53:55 +1100, Peter Jason wrote:
>> The FBI might have required TrueCrypt to register its software, and
>> backdoor entry to it and encrypted drives, in the interests of
>> "national security". It would be safe to bet this has happened.
>
>I'm as ready as the next one to believe that the gummint is
>subverting our privacy, but do you have any evidence at all for this
>shocking claim, or is it pure paranoia?
>
>TrueCrypt is open source, so it would be rather hard to hide any back
>doors.


I used to use DriveCrypt but they were so slow in making their
software compatible with one of the version of windows that I gave up
and tried TruCrypt. I found it worked just as well and as a bonus I
felt more secure with the open source making it less likely that the
gvt got a back door into it somehow.

This thread reminded me of the uproar quite a few years ago now when
there was a plan to require all passkeys for some system (don't recall
what) to be filed with the gvt. So it's not like the gvt has not
tried to do it in the past.

On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:38:33 -0700, Ken Blake <>
wrote:

>On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:26:30 -0800, Gene E. Bloch
><> wrote:
>
>> OTOH, the Wikipedia article says (I'll copy and paste):
>>
>> "Multiposting is the preferred[by whom?] way to post the same
>> information to multiple channels."
>>
>> That is neither what you said nor what I believe...
>
>
>Ugh! Wikipedia is dead wrong in this instance, as far as I'm
>concerned. Multiposting just fragments the thread, so someone who
>answers in one newsgroup doesn't always get to see answers from others
>in another newsgroup. And for those who read all the newsgroups the
>message is multiposted to, they see the message multiple times instead
>of once (they would see it only once if you correctly crossposted
>instead). This wastes everyone's time, and gets you poorer help than
>you should get.
>

The way I have agent set up it automatically keeps track of
multiposted messages and only shows one of the many copies as new. The
way things get screwed up is if people add more groups in the middle
of a thread or otherwise "break the chain" established by the original
poster. When the same post is made individually in multiple
newsgroups is when it creates a problem because then it shows up as
new in all of them plus different people answer in different
newsgroups and the answers/thread gets all messed up with bits and
pieces everywhere. WIkipedia is right.