How could one encrypt a Windows Mobile 5.0 device?
July 15, 2010 11:09 AM Subscribe
Can TrueCrypt be used to encrypt a Windows Mobile 5.0 device?
Specifically, can it encrypt the drive on which Windows Mobile is installed as described here?
Does anyone have experience with this?
Follow-up question: Is there a closed-source alternative from a large security vendor, such as McAffee, that can do this for a Windows Mobile 5.0 device?
The goal is to have the entire drive encrypted, requiring unencryption before the OS or anything else could be loaded.
Specifically, can it encrypt the drive on which Windows Mobile is installed as described here?
Does anyone have experience with this?
Follow-up question: Is there a closed-source alternative from a large security vendor, such as McAffee, that can do this for a Windows Mobile 5.0 device?
The goal is to have the entire drive encrypted, requiring unencryption before the OS or anything else could be loaded.
Searching for "truecrypt windows mobile" finds FreeOTFE which looks like it supports Windows Mobile 5
posted by wongcorgi at 11:27 AM on July 15, 2010
posted by wongcorgi at 11:27 AM on July 15, 2010
Response by poster: Turns out McAffee Endpoint Encryption can deal with Windows Mobile devices. However, this particular device has a small screen, 240x320, and I've heard that can cause problems.
Does anyone have experience using Safeboot/McAffee Endpoint Encryption on a device with a similar screen size?
posted by Number Used Once at 11:49 AM on July 15, 2010
Does anyone have experience using Safeboot/McAffee Endpoint Encryption on a device with a similar screen size?
posted by Number Used Once at 11:49 AM on July 15, 2010
You can see the hardware requirements here -- for smartphones it lists 64 MB RAM and 195 MHz CPU minimum. I don't see what screen size has to do with anything, other than the fact that systems with smaller screens tend to have less CPU/RAM under the hood.
posted by Rhomboid at 1:12 PM on July 15, 2010
posted by Rhomboid at 1:12 PM on July 15, 2010
Response by poster: Important dialogues might be designed to require a display at least as large as 640x480. I've encountered that problem elsewhere, and was wondering if that is the case with the McAfee program.
posted by Number Used Once at 3:06 PM on July 15, 2010
posted by Number Used Once at 3:06 PM on July 15, 2010
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http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=sys-encryption-supported-os
TrueCrypt can currently encrypt the following operating systems:
Windows 7
Windows 7 x64 (64-bit) Edition
Windows Vista (SP1 or later)
Windows Vista x64 (64-bit) Edition (SP1 or later)
Windows XP
Windows XP x64 (64-bit) Edition
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 x64 (64-bit)
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 x64 (64-bit)
posted by wongcorgi at 11:25 AM on July 15, 2010