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Encrypting Source Code

I work on relatively sensitive code that we wouldn't want falling into the wrong hands. Up until now, all the code has been keep in house so it hasn't been an issue. I am moving to working from home a day or two a week and we want to secure the code on my laptop.

We have looked at a few alternatives, but Windows EFS and Bitlocker seem to be the most obvious. The laptop doesn't have TPM hardware, and I won't have access to Active Directory from home, so EFS looks to be the option.

Basically, does anyone else have any alternatives, or issues with using EFS to encrypt source code?

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JamesSugrue Avatar asked Sep 25 '08 20:09

JamesSugrue


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WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues

This page exists only to help migrate existing data encrypted by TrueCrypt.

The development of TrueCrypt was ended in 5/2014 after Microsoft terminated support of Windows XP. Windows 8/7/Vista and later offer integrated support for encrypted disks and virtual disk images. Such integrated support is also available on other platforms (click here for more information). You should migrate any data encrypted by TrueCrypt to encrypted disks or virtual disk images supported on your platform...

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micahwittman Avatar answered Sep 25 '22 02:09

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