Encryption on USB key -- no virtual drives, please

[negrogoose]

I have a 64MB USB key which I use to cart files to and from work and
school. I'd like to encrypt this data in case I lose the key.
Obviously, I'd like to encrypt everything on the key, which poses a few
problems.

First, some of the freeware that I've seen that does this (and does a
great job, I'm sure) creates a large encrypted file, which is then
mounted like a virtual drive. Unfortunately, these programs also
require administrative access to run them, which I do not have, which
renders programs such as these as useless.

Second, the other kinds of freeware only work on a single-file basis.
This means for every file I use, I have an individually encrypted file
with its own password. Obviously, this is too much of a hassle to deal
with, especially since I have programs that I like to run directly off
of this drive, that I'd also like to encrypt.

Keeping in mind that I want everything on the drive encrypted, and that
I have no administrator priviliges on the machines I use, do I have any
viable solutions?

 

[Dan]

http://loosewire.typepad.com/blog/2005/03/a_directory_of_.html

I am sure that site lists a good encyption one. They are all meant to run
from the USB key itself, no mounting or anything is required.

 

[dim]

truecrypt-3.1a with traveler mode

 

[Duddits]

Keeping in mind that I want everything on the drive encrypted, and that
I have no administrator priviliges on the machines I use, do I have any
viable solutions?

TrueCrypt http://www.truecrypt.org/ should be able to do what you want if
you have a floppy drive on the machine and WinXP SP2. Just start TrueCrypt
from the floppy and mount the USB drive.

hth

Dud

 

[dim]

Baasically with W2k and above you will not need floppy if you set up
traveller mode, and have auto start enabled.

ik