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Subject: Re: Mountable encrypted file? What to use?
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Greg Morell ha scritto:
> Since TrueCrypt doesn't work on FreeBSD, I'm wondering what you'd recommend for this:
> 
> I like to keep all of my sensitive stuff in a few encrypted mountable files.
> 
> Something where I can copy the file to a USB key for backup, but not worry if I lose the USB key since it's just an encrypted file.  But when on a computer, I can mount it as a volume.

What about GELI?
I've used it for a long time with no problems.

Check the handbook for details.

  bye
	av.