Re: TrueCrypt & Carbonite  On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:58:08 -0400,
Mark F <mark53916@xxxxxxxxx>  On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:57:20
-0700, Prof Wonmug <wonmug@xxxxxxx>  I recently installed
TrueCrypt and have been experimenting with it. I have discovered
a couple of by-products or using it with a backup system like
Carbonite, which I use.  1. While the drive is mounted, the
files are in the clear to all programs running on the machine.
Before I realized this, Carbonite, which backs up continuously,
had backed up all of the supposedly encrypted files on my test
volume. With Carbonite, I am able to designate a volume to be
excluded from backup, but I must do this explicitly. This may
not be a problem for some people.  2. If the TrueCrypt file is
very large (gigabytes), Carbonite excludes it from backup by
default. I can override this, but I have to explicitly do it.
This is one of the drawbacks of these all-you-can-eat backup
systems. They play games to keep you from eating too much.  3.
If you change anything on the Tru