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LAN Party Forums => General Discussion => Started by: vincegun on June 01, 2015, 04:07:31 PM

Title: Thumbdrive encryption
Post by: vincegun on June 01, 2015, 04:07:31 PM

So I was thinking I'd like to put all the passwords for all my stuff on an encrypted thumbdrive and I was going to use truecrypt for the job, but I remembered that it got discontinued.

Do any of you have any worthwhile alternatives that you would recommend?

Title: Re: Thumbdrive encryption
Post by: sully! on June 01, 2015, 05:04:27 PM

https://lastpass.com (https://lastpass.com)
http://keepass.info (http://keepass.info)

Title: Re: Thumbdrive encryption
Post by: The Shoctor on June 02, 2015, 01:57:50 PM

I'll +1 on the keepass.

If you want the old version of truecrypt before the questionable update and pulling I do have it for all OSes. (7.1a)

Title: Re: Thumbdrive encryption
Post by: MahoneyRed on June 02, 2015, 06:14:27 PM

A buddy of mine that is big into cyber security said the latest round of TrueCrypt can still be trusted. A lot of teams have looked into it and achieved the same results. It can still secure data.

Title: Re: Thumbdrive encryption
Post by: sully! on June 03, 2015, 09:48:49 AM

I use LastPass personally, but I know KeePass is good too. I like that LastPass gives me access to my stuff no matter where I am and/or what device I'm using. Doesn't KeePass *have* to store the blob with all your keys locally, i.e., if you don't have that thumbdrive with you then you don't have access to your stuff?

As for TrueCrypt....yes (http://istruecryptauditedyet.com/) it can still be safely used (https://www.grc.com/misc/truecrypt/truecrypt.htm).

Title: Re: Thumbdrive encryption
Post by: MahoneyRed on June 15, 2015, 05:43:34 PM

Relevant:
http://www.wired.com/2015/06/hack-brief-password-manager-lastpass-got-breached-hard/?mbid=social_fb (http://www.wired.com/2015/06/hack-brief-password-manager-lastpass-got-breached-hard/?mbid=social_fb)

Title: Re: Thumbdrive encryption
Post by: sully! on June 16, 2015, 11:09:55 AM

Disheartening, yes, but I'm not too concerned. I use a very strong (not used anywhere else) master password, I've always had 2-factor authentication turned on, have the number of rounds of PBKDF2 cranked way up, and I limit login to my account from only US based IP's. Yes, I'll change my master password, but I'm not overly worried.

Title: Re: Thumbdrive encryption
Post by: Petch on June 16, 2015, 04:06:08 PM

Quote from: sully! on June 16, 2015, 11:09:55 AM

Disheartening, yes, but I'm not too concerned. I use a very strong (not used anywhere else) master password, I've always had 2-factor authentication turned on, have the number of rounds of PBKDF2 cranked way up, and I limit login to my account from only US based IP's. Yes, I'll change my master password, but I'm not overly worried.

Sully is on his A game!  More info on why you dont need to be too worried:  https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/06/16/bad-news-lastpass-breached-good-news-you-should-be-ok/ (https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/06/16/bad-news-lastpass-breached-good-news-you-should-be-ok/)

Title: Re: Thumbdrive encryption
Post by: vincegun on June 18, 2015, 12:29:19 AM

Alright, I'll check 'em out and see what works best for me.

Sorry for the late response. Was on vacation.

Title: Re: Thumbdrive encryption
Post by: _!Rathe!_ on June 18, 2015, 08:43:14 AM

If you have a pro or enterprise version of Windows you can always use BitLocker as well.