# Encryption

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/encryption/22210>\
**Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\
**Created:** [February 14, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/encryption/22210 "2012-02-14T17:29:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/encryption/22210/1 "2012-02-14T17:29:59Z")

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Has anyone used FreeOTFE? I need to send some data to a user by post on CD.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/encryption/22210/2 "2012-02-14T17:57:49Z")

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> Has anyone used FreeOTFE? I need to send some data to a user by post on[color=blue]  
> CD.[/color]

Just put it in an AOL tin… : )

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/encryption/22210/3 "2012-02-14T18:01:05Z")

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Arthur wrote:  
[color=blue]

> Has anyone used FreeOTFE? I need to send some data to a user by post  
> on CD.[/color]

Haven’t used that, but I’ve used this in the past when I needed to send  
a USB hard drive containing sensitive data to a vendor.

[http://www.truecrypt.org/](http://www.truecrypt.org/)

–  
Does this washcloth smell like chloroform?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/encryption/22210/4 "2012-02-14T18:01:51Z")

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+1

On 2/14/2012 10:01 AM, Joseph Marton wrote:[color=blue]

> Haven’t used that, but I’ve used this in the past when I needed to send  
> a USB hard drive containing sensitive data to a vendor.
> 
> [http://www.truecrypt.org/](http://www.truecrypt.org/)  
> [/color]

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/encryption/22210/5 "2012-02-14T18:41:00Z")

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On 14/02/2012 16:01, Joseph Marton wrote:[color=blue]

> Arthur wrote:  
> [color=green]
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> > Has anyone used FreeOTFE? I need to send some data to a user by post  
> > on CD.[/color]
> 
> Haven’t used that, but I’ve used this in the past when I needed to send  
> a USB hard drive containing sensitive data to a vendor.
> 
> [http://www.truecrypt.org/](http://www.truecrypt.org/)[/color]

Seconded - however, unless you _need_ it to be a mountable drive image,  
often its easier to just use [www.7-zip.org](https://www.7-zip.org) to make a self-extracting,  
self-decrypting AES256 archive out of the data.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/encryption/22210/6 "2012-02-15T12:44:22Z")

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That’s a good idea - thanks.

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On 14/02/2012 16:01, Joseph Marton wrote:[color=blue]

> Arthur wrote:  
> [color=green]
> 
> > Has anyone used FreeOTFE? I need to send some data to a user by post  
> > on CD.[/color]
> 
> Haven’t used that, but I’ve used this in the past when I needed to send  
> a USB hard drive containing sensitive data to a vendor.
> 
> [http://www.truecrypt.org/](http://www.truecrypt.org/)[/color]

Seconded - however, unless you _need_ it to be a mountable drive image,  
often its easier to just use [www.7-zip.org](https://www.7-zip.org) to make a self-extracting,  
self-decrypting AES256 archive out of the data.