i`m looking for a tool encrypting the whole filesystem like "securstar drivecrypt" but if possible read- and writeable by both, linux (or bsd) and win32 systems also if possible nothing with a government related (or other) backdoor (like with strong encryptions from US) and with a good almost unbreakable crypto ( if it takes a few years thats ok, too ) ....i haven`t found anything like this but if any1 knows somethin plz tell me best of course would be open source ^^
thanx a biig lot in advance

This may be what you were looking for.

A BestCrypt volume is accessible as a regular filesystem on a correspondent mount point. The data stored on a BestCrypt volume is stored in the container file. A container is a regular file or block device, so it is possible to backup, move, or copy it to other disk (CD-ROM or network, for instance) and continue to access encrypted data using BestCrypt. BestCrypt supports the following encryption algorithms: GOST in Cipher Feedback mode and BLOWFISH, DES, TWOFISH in Cipher Block Chaining mode. A container can be formatted for any filesystem supported by Linux (MINIX, EXT, EXT2, FAT, FAT32, and others) and mounted as an additional volume to any mount point.

*Win32 and linux support

I would imagine one could store a whole filesystem in one ore more of the containers, though I haven't experimented with this product.

Doesn't look like it's open source.

Link: http://freshmeat.net/projects/bestcrypt/

Ciau...

digitalk2003

http://www.ce-infosys.com.sg/CeiNews_FreeCompuSec.asp

Supports both linux and windows, encrypts the entire drive. Doesn't create containers like the others. Also does preboot encryption, so you have to enter a password to decrypt the drive, before you enter a password to login to windows. Oh, and its free.

If you only want containers, or part of the filesystem (just to encrypt certain data) I would recommend PGPDisk. It is free also. Use's a public/private key pair, so best practice is to keep the key on a USB jumpdrive or so, which is encrypted with symmetric encryption.

EDIT: I should add that I found it easier to get PGPDisk to work with GnuPG then with PGP.

thanx a lot both of u! bestcrypt wouldn`t work cause u can`t just boot a container and they have limited size. the other one looks intresting , i`ll have to have a closer look at that....any other possibilites are still welcome

Encryption Plus Hard Disk

http://www.pcguardiantechnologies.com/Encr...Disk/index.html

this is what alot of people use. the goverment uses it also so it is standards compliant out the ass. little expensive tho

You can choose one here:
http://www.comusolv.com/security/encrypt.htm

im also use bestcrypt

and there are add ons u can implement to get bigger keys and bigger size.

my externdisk size 200 gb is also 1 container