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Posted by Donnie on February 7, 2006, 8:00 pm
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> I've recently installed an encryption program called Folder Lock that uses
> 256-bit Blowfish and hides files in a "Locker" folder.
>
> Trouble is the passwords are restricted to about 12-15 characters, they
are
> not case-sensitive, and only textual (alphabetic and numeric) charters can
> be used.
>
> Also, I've read that data can be decrypted simply by moving the Locker
> folder to a new directory and re-installing the program, creating a new
> password and then it will helpfully unencrypted the data previously
> encrypted with a different password.
>
> Does anyone have any experience using Folder Lock? Just how secure is it?
> Would the severe limit on passwords in relation to their length and
non-case
> sensitive, textual characters only mean that someone could easily hack the
> data files and quickly determine the password using another program?
>
> I'm wanting to secure my laptop in the event of theft, as well as to
secure
> files stored on a flash drive. It doesn't have to withstand the most
> sophisticated attacks, but it has to be robust enough so that a computer
> hacker won't gain access.
>
> Any thoughts on Folder Lock or suggestions for other relatively simple and
> reliable encryption programs would be appreciated.
>
> Folder Lock has the advantage of a very simple interface and avoids all of
> the PGP sort of complexity etc that you often encounter with encryption
> programs. The thing is, does it work?
>
> Any helpful comments would be much appreciated.
>
> Sam
>
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I've never used filder lock but I've always heard good things about
blowfish. Apparently, there are about 150 other programs that use blowfish
besides folder lock. You might feel better w/ one of them.
http://www.schneier.com/blowfish-products.html
donnie.
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