Well, if the idea that someone may steal your CD/DVD containing sensitive data scares you, this software is the right tool for you.

Personally I don't need a tool lie this because I don't use CD/DVD as main "medium" to store my data.

As for the price, well 60 bucks for a simple file encryption program & CD/DVD burner is simply crazy!! Many developers here seem to live on the moon. Do you agree with me, dudes?

BEST FREE ALTERNATIVES

To encrypt your files/folders, besides TRUECRYPT:

* Portable FreeOTFE Explorer
This is an awesome FREE highly PORTABLE disk encryption program, which can create one or more "virtual disks" on your PC/PDA where every file/folder is encrypted before being stored on your PC hard drive. However, its main feature is its ability to be used with USB flash drives (and not just with the outdated CD/DVDs, as this GAOTD instead does), since it enables users to gain access on their encrypted volumes even on Windows PCs where this tool hasn’t been installed (i.e. in Internet Café). So it’s a perfect app for those people like me who love carrying their sensitive data securely on a USB drive or other removable media without any hassle.
Cyphers include AES (256 bit), Twofish (256 bit), Serpent (256 bit) and even Blowfish (448 bit), a feature missing in most paid encryption software out there: COOL, isn’t it??

http://www.freeotfe.org

* (Portable) SafeHouse Explorer (==> Great tool for memory stick users):
The free version can even allow you to use your USB device as a smartcard ==> COOL!!

http://www.safehousesoftware.com/SafeHouseExplorer.aspx

Then, to burn them on your CD/DVD for FREE with no hassle, you can use the award-winning "ImgBurn" or better yet another little but extremely powerful and fast burning tool called "BurnAware FREE"!!
It supports any kind of data discs (CDs, DVDs, bridge discs, boot discs or blu-ray), letting you either make an ISO and save it or burn one to disc. Can also create bootable CD/DVDs and multimedia files with ease.

Finally, to create a virtual drive, you can also use this excellent FREE tool, which is better than "Virtual CloneDrive" mentioned above by Ashraf, since it supports an UNLIMITED amount of virtual drives and it's also PORTABLE!!

http://wincdemu.sysprogs.org

TOTAL COST ==> 0$/€ (60 $?? Come on...LOL!)

So let's ki$$ our wallet goodbye: sounds good? Of course it does...LOL!!

Enjoy!!

Giovanni (I have everything with no money)  –  11 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+154)

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I read your review, Ashraf, and thank you. But it seems this program will excel in one particular use - making an encrypted disk of important private information and giving it or mailing it to someone who is not very technical. Like Grandma. Mail the disk to her, and just tell her the password on the phone and to click on agent.exe to start the disk, and be sure to eject the disk when she is finished. This could be very useful for financial or family records or similar.

Or, another use, for your own safety backup use if your machine breaks or is stolen, to make a set of backup encrypted disks for someone else to hold without knowing your password. You would be able to access your most important information anytime on their computer without needing TrueCrypt or anything else.

For this use there is nothing else like this program as far as I know. Having it all integrated in one program is "unique and special".

J  –  11 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+117)

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Pros
*Allows users to encrypt files and folders and then burn to CD/DVD or put in ISO
*Encrypted files in CD/DVD/ISO can be opened without needing idoo Secure Disc Creator installed
*Can burn ISOs to CD/DVD (any ISOs, not just the ones created by idoo Secure Disc Creator)
*Can mount ISOs as explorable virtual discs

Cons
*Is nothing very unique or special
*Does not have the ability to automatically close out the ‘Secure Area’
*Unclear if Blu-ray is supported

Free Alternatives
TrueCrypt (encryption)
Best Free Windows Burning Software (CD/DVD burning)
Virtual CloneDrive (disc image mounting)

Final Verdict
Click here for final verdict and full review

Ashraf from dotTech  –  11 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+71)

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#10: "CD/DVD’s?? What are those? Oh, yeah, those funny looking flat things that always got scratched, lost, and otherwise made unusable..."

:) Actually I've had several USB sticks & such that died, but never had a CD/DVD become unreadable. Of course USB devices are smaller, so *More* easily lost. And CDs/DVDs can be destroyed -- you'd have to destroy the actual memory chips to achieve the same level of non-recovery with a USB stick, though I suppose if there's a nearby bridge over deep seawater that'd work. :)

On-line storage works too, though good luck trying to destroy it, & of course access can occasionally be a problem -- just ask Dotcom's customers. :)

mike  –  11 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+23)

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#15 Point of information unrelated to the software. However, since it has been suggested that TrueCrypt encryption can be cracked, this does seem to require a caveat.

The software, ElcomSoft Tool, has not cracked the encryption, which is still secure, but the key control.

According to Bruce Schneider, who is an authority on encryption: Elcomsoft Forensic Disk Decryptor acquires the necessary decryption keys by analyzing memory dumps and/or hibernation files obtained from the target PC. You'll thus need to get a memory dump from a running PC (locked or unlocked) with encrypted volumes mounted, via a standard forensic product or via a FireWire attack. Alternatively, decryption keys can also be derived from hibernation files if a target PC is turned off.

This means, unless your PC is on, the program cannot access the keys involved. Therefore, always shut down as hibernation will allow access and always delete your hibernation files.

Others may have more expertise.

infotech  –  11 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+23)

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