From: tom.phinney@ibm.net (Tom Phinney)
Newsgroups: alt.security.pgp,alt.security,sci.crypt
Subject: Re: How to encrypt drive under WindowsNT?
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 16:12:16 GMT
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On 23 Dec 1997 14:57:00 +0100, Lance Parker <parker@nym.alias.net> wrote:

>I already know about such products as SFS, SecureDevice, and 
>SecureDrive, but none of them work under WindowsNT.
>
>Are there any drive encryption products that work under NT?
>
>
>Lance Parker
============
I know of two commercial packages and one free one:
  BestCrypt NT from http://www.jetico.sci.fi/
  SafeHouse from http://www.pcdynamics.com/SafeHouse/

Also, Dale Larson posted the message quoted below to Usenet in
mid-October.  I contacted him and he sent me the code but asked that I not
redistribute, so you need to contact him directly.  This is a DOS-based
product, and is slightly less convenient to use than the other two, but
worked out better for me and was free as well.  If you are in the US or
Canada, he'll probably send it to you.

If you are outside the US/Canada, SafeHouse will only sell you weak
encryption, so you should probably go with BestCrypt.  BestCrypt was my
first choice, but interacted unfavorably with McAfee anti-virus (ie,
blue-screened consistently at logoff/shutdown).  That was the beta version
of BestCrypt for NT, and Jetico couldn't reproduce the problem though they
tried *very* hard, so it would be worth a trial with the release version.
(Incidentally, Jetico supported me very well during this time.)

Tom Phinney <tom.phinney@ibm.net>


From Dale Larson's post (date and newsgroup unremembered):
>Hi,
>
>I've created a virtual disk driver for Windows NT that uses 128 bit Blowfish
>for encryption. I'd like to share this as freeware on my Web site but I'm
>concerned (oblviously) about doing anything illegal. I'm in the USA.
>
>Can I do this or should I just punt?
>
>Dale Larson
>NorseSoft
>dlarson@execpc.com