USB security
Ive heard of some programs that will "shread" files, but thats not what im looking for. Im looking for some type of program that will prompt a password and/or username whenever a sertain file is tryed to be opened. Has anyone made or heard of where i can find a program that will do this type of thing? (Just a reminder, this is for a USB drive.)
I'm quite certain that the username/password thing would have to be part of the program in question. If it's a program that you made then just tell it to prompt for user and pass before executing anything. If you want a user and pass entered for a program you downloaded, you could try maybe having the program encrypted then make a program which asks for user and pass, then if you get them right it decrypts the program and runs it.
Just ideas =/
I have a usb that contains a login program. The usb will load, for example, and be categorized as the G:&*92; drive. While the program takes the place of F:&*92;. Clicking on G:&*92; will result in a message that it does not exist. Opening F:&*92; will simply bring up a login prompt. Upon successful credentials, the F:&*92; will vanish, and G:&*92; will take the place of F:&*92;. Memorex [512 mb] i think.
Use TrueCrypt. It's a FOSS encryption tool available for Windows and Linux and can be used to encrypt thumbdrives.
to get it: http://www.truecrypt.org/
tutorials http://www.verstecken.net/index.php/2007/09/13/encrypting-data-with-truecrypt/ http://lifehacker.com/software/thumb-drive/onthefly-encryption-for-your-usb-flash-drive-154465.php http://polishlinux.org/howtos/truecrypt-howto/
hope this helps