Originally Posted by solara
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FreeOTFE can be used on the PC as well as PPC. The same volume can be read on both platforms, as long as it was originally created on the PC first.
So doesn't look like it supports Win98 - most volume-based programs don't. I can't be sure if FreeOTFE can be run from a Windows user account that does not have Administrative rights - as would be found on internet cafes. I don't need the ability to mount the volumes on the PC and PPC interchangeably, so on my PC, I use TrueCrypt - which is very similar to FreeOTFE.
Here's a nice overview of RC4 encryption: http://www.tmrfindia.org/ijcsa/V3I24.pdf
I use eWallet, but I would not place RC4 among AES, Serpent, Blowfish. RC4 has been broken, but at 40-bit. Practically speaking, it's good enough for casual use. But I feel better using an algorithm that hasn't been broken, even if it's at a lower bit.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freea...rnumber=807231
http://www.jya.com/compkeys.htm
If you really want to secure your private info, use eWallet, but save the file within a FreeOTFE encrypted volume. It takes one more step to first mount the encrypted volume, then opening up eWallet, but that's as secure as you're going to get on a PPC.
Btw, both CodeWallet and eWallet use RC4. Flexwallet uses something a bit more robust - Blowfish, XOR, then the Tiny Encryption Algorithm. But that's not all there is to how secure the programs are. See this thread: http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/arti...n=expand,16729
And yes, you're right. The weakest link in any security system is usually the password, not the encryption algorithm.
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A very good summary. I'm in the same boat - TrueCrypt on PC, FreeOTFE on PPC. I actually tried to switch to FOTFE completely but had problems when copying relatively large amounts of info from TC container to FO container. They are probably not as much FO as system problems but I stuck with TC for now. No problems with containers around 10mb, all I need on PDA anyway.
I also used eWallet but because of its large size, lots of icing (which I consider bloat) and relatively weak algorhytm I went to KeePass - a nice little program that supports AES and Twofish and has a very good desktop client.