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Linux: How to encrypt your data on hard drives, USB sticks, etc. – Random sputterings..
Andreas Happe wrote a simple guide on how to encrypt your home directory or USB sticks with Linux. Some time ago I blogged about Encrypted Linux on USB key, which uses the same encrypting solution, LUKS. The guide: Linux: How to encrypt your data on hard drives, USB sticks, etc. – Random sputterings...
The winner of SHA-3 contest
October 3, 2012
There’s a new standard hash algorithm in town, its official title is SHA-3 but its birth name is Keccak. NIST announced yesterday the winner of a long contest, that selected from many submissions the 5 algorithms most apt to substitute the current SHA-2 hash method, and from those 5 Keccak emerged as a victor. As I wrote in […]
afreak.ca » Safeguarding your laptop with encryption, passwords, and behaviour
September 15, 2012
A collection of very thoughtful measures to protect your data when you take your laptop around. It doesn’t cover international-spy-level security, but everything suggested can be put into place by any computer geek that is worried of data and identity theft, in order to achieve a reasonable protection. afreak.ca » Safeguarding your laptop with encryption, […]
How programmers can easily choose strong passwords
April 22, 2012
Choosing a password is always a trade-off between security and usability. Programmers can shift this compromise thanks to some qualities of their work. The idea is to use lines of code as passwords.
Encrypted Linux on USB key
January 3, 2012
In this post I suggest a way to have an encrypted Linux installation on a USB key, which to me is useful when I travel and I want to securely access the functionality that desktop Linux offers. I want to have no fear that what I take with me will be stolen, even if what I take with me is a full Linux OS, together with my data and maybe some online passwords saved in the browser.
Encrypting data on USB flash drives with LUKS
August 25, 2011
I wanted to explore a different way to encrypt data on portable USB flash drives other than Truecrypt, so I checked what could be done with Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS). LUKS is an encryption method that is implemented on Linux by “cryptsetup” package, and on Windows by FreeOTFE. It encrypts a partition or a file […]
Secure remote storage with Dropbox and TrueCrypt
October 11, 2009
Instructions on how to create a secure remote storage using free portable tools such as Dropbox and TrueCrypt.
Links for 2009-05-18
May 18, 2009
The SPIRIT Consortium Announces Release of the SystemRDL Specification [feedly] via Design And Reuse The SystemRDL semantics support the entire life-cycle of registers from specification, model generation, and design verification to maintenance and documentation. Registers are not just limited to traditional configuration registers, but can also refer to register arrays and memories. DeHaan: Recognizing and […]
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