Comments on: Top 5 USB Thumb Drive Tricks http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/2009/04/top-5-usb-thumb-drive-tricks/ Blogging about our company, our users and our future plans. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:48:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MJones http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/2009/04/top-5-usb-thumb-drive-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-1031 MJones Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:39:09 +0000 http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/?p=553#comment-1031 KeePass has never failed me. However, NO ONE should rely on only ONE copy of a password protected encrypted database unless he dosen't care what happens to it. That goes for ALL programs, which is why I back up KeePass databases to a second physical hard drive, and to a thumb drive (KeePass Portable) and even my laptop and Palm 700P. Since there are many passwords in it that are program-generated, losing this data would lock me out of many things! I use SyncToy to automate the backup where possible, but you can use the built-in file menu backup in KeePass itself to manually back it up. KeePass has never failed me. However, NO ONE should rely on only ONE copy of a password protected encrypted database unless he dosen’t care what happens to it. That goes for ALL programs, which is why I back up KeePass databases to a second physical hard drive, and to a thumb drive (KeePass Portable) and even my laptop and Palm 700P. Since there are many passwords in it that are program-generated, losing this data would lock me out of many things! I use SyncToy to automate the backup where possible, but you can use the built-in file menu backup in KeePass itself to manually back it up.

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]]> By: Professor http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/2009/04/top-5-usb-thumb-drive-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-718 Professor Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:38:43 +0000 http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/?p=553#comment-718 Many Thanks More info number 1, http://www.liberkey.com/en or http://www.salvadorsoftware.com Many Thanks
More info number 1, http://www.liberkey.com/en or http://www.salvadorsoftware.com

]]> By: Phaoloo http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/2009/04/top-5-usb-thumb-drive-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Phaoloo Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:33:14 +0000 http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/?p=553#comment-669 Use USB to lock PC is a great new idea to me. Thanks for nice tricks Use USB to lock PC is a great new idea to me. Thanks for nice tricks

]]> By: diggdirect.com http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/2009/04/top-5-usb-thumb-drive-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-562 diggdirect.com Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:01:04 +0000 http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/?p=553#comment-562 <strong>Top 5 USB Thumb Drive Tricks...</strong> There are a lot of things you can do with an ordinary USB drive - from carrying a range of portable apps or even an operating system, to encrypting your files and a lot more.... Top 5 USB Thumb Drive Tricks…

There are a lot of things you can do with an ordinary USB drive – from carrying a range of portable apps or even an operating system, to encrypting your files and a lot more….

]]> By: Steve http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/2009/04/top-5-usb-thumb-drive-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-554 Steve Sun, 31 May 2009 22:49:25 +0000 http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/?p=553#comment-554 Number 4 is the most important point. Every few months we read about a laptop full of sensitive corporate or even military data being stolen or misplaced. In every such case, the question that the mainstream press never bothers to ask is "Why the HELL wasn't it encrypted?" Truecrypt is free and easy to install (It's in the Debian / Ubuntu repositories. If you're still stuck in Windows, Google it) and doesn't have any "factory master key." Disguising a USB drive as a ripped-off USB plug got old fast. Better to create a Truecrypt container on the drive, then fill the rest of the drive with recipes, pictures of your cat, or (Ugh!) Twitter logs. Number 4 is the most important point. Every few months we read about a laptop full of sensitive corporate or even military data being stolen or misplaced. In every such case, the question that the mainstream press never bothers to ask is “Why the HELL wasn’t it encrypted?” Truecrypt is free and easy to install (It’s in the Debian / Ubuntu repositories. If you’re still stuck in Windows, Google it) and doesn’t have any “factory master key.”

Disguising a USB drive as a ripped-off USB plug got old fast. Better to create a Truecrypt container on the drive, then fill the rest of the drive with recipes, pictures of your cat, or (Ugh!) Twitter logs.

]]> By: admin http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/2009/04/top-5-usb-thumb-drive-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-507 admin Thu, 14 May 2009 18:21:18 +0000 http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/?p=553#comment-507 @Cliff Thanks for the tip! I've never had any problems with Keypass, though. @Cliff Thanks for the tip! I’ve never had any problems with Keypass, though.

]]> By: Cliff http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/2009/04/top-5-usb-thumb-drive-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-505 Cliff Thu, 14 May 2009 09:18:30 +0000 http://www.auslogics.com/en/blog/?p=553#comment-505 Keypass is a nice program, that is until you come across (and most do) the annoying feature when it corrupts your password database and there is no fix! This is a KNOWN problem with this program and I urge other users not to use it. I have found another free password keeper which is also portable, it's called any password. Just google and you can find it. Keypass is a nice program, that is until you come across (and most do) the annoying feature when it corrupts your password database and there is no fix! This is a KNOWN problem with this program and I urge other users not to use it.

I have found another free password keeper which is also portable, it’s called any password. Just google and you can find it.

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