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Encrypting File System Options for Mac OS X?

Posted by Cliff on from the locking-your-apples dept.

fieldmouse asks: "I recently had a laptop running Mac OS X stolen. Despite the fact that I got it back, that incident has me looking for an encrypting file system for Mac OS X; preferably one that would create a psuedo drive that I could unlock once when I log on. Anybody have any suggestions?" About 2 years ago, Ask Slashdot did the Linux version of this question. Has this gap been filled in Apple's latest OS offering?

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  1. CFS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Use Matt Blaze's CFS. It supports encrypted (3DES) volumes, with timeout support among others. It's NFS loopback mount, so it will work on pretty much any UNIX -- including MacOS X and *BSD. NetBSD has TCFS which is AFAIK more tightly integrated (at VFS level).
    Get CFS here: http://www.crypto.com/software/