[colug-432] truecrypt

[Rick Hornsby]

Any one have experience with truecrypt?  No real problem with it, just a little anxious to delete original files that I have put in a truecrypt volume, like my taxes for the last several years.  I’m afraid I’m going to do something dumb like accidentally delete the one (10GB thick-provisioned) file that has everything in it, or that somehow truecrypt will stop working.

The other thing I’m wondering the best way to deal with is to off-site backup the volume.  You can’t diff the volume, since it is a binary file.  Repeatedly copying a 10GB file will start to annoy the place you’re uploading it to.  Would it make more sense to create a local and remote truecrypt volume and do something with rsync to keep the contents in sync as long as both volumes are open?  Hmm, I’m wondering if a hosting provider like DH would even allow that sort of thing (assuming it was possible now that I think about it?)

Basically it boils down to looking for suggestions/experience/advice to both secure sensitive files in case of theft and have them similarly secured when they live in a remote location.  i.e., I’m not going to put my tax documents on my Google drive unless they’re inside a container that Google or anyone else cannot read.  Even then I’m not super comfortable with that.

thanks!