I have a project to secure a PC, to the point where if you dont have the key. The computer is useless, and where you couldnt run a key gen or brute force gen as it would erase everything.
is there a linux distro that encrypts the entire partition with its own format? or something like that for XP? I want really really good encryption if you cannot tell. This computer wont have anything else on it but the data i need to protect.
2007-12-12 07:22:46 · 2 answers · asked by Austin 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
the longer the password you use the harder it is to crack ( in theory) Last year 4 Chinese scientist cracked even the 128 encryption code. if you make the password longer then 8 characters the harder it becomes to crack or should take at least a few million years. even for programs like Cane and Able (password cracker software)
2007-12-12 08:30:47 · answer #1 · answered by J H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know about destroying everything if you succeed in breaking in. But if you encrypt the directory you are using and use a very long password, then go in and destroy the system's alternate key to that folder, you would make it very hard to get to that data. You could also try zipping the data with an encryption option. (As well as encrypting the folder.)
2007-12-12 15:32:31 · answer #2 · answered by The_Doc_Man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋