Before using Secure Disk, read the main principles of the program:
- First of all, Secure Disk allows you to encrypt logical disks on the computer; these are disks you will see in Windows Explorer.
- Data on the disk are encrypted with the key that was created before. There may be one or several keys, and their number isn't limited.
- Keys are stored in the keystore. The keystore is a file on your disk.
Keystore Characteristics:
- You can use an existing image or audio file, or create a new file with .ks extension (a keystore file)
- The keystore may contain as many keys as its size allows. The larger the file, the more keys it may contain.
- The keystore is protected by two passwords. The only way to get access to the keystore is to enter these passwords.
So, you should have a keystore and at least one key in this keystore to encrypt the disk.
Choosing an image or audio file as a keystore makes it difficult for intruders to detect the keystore and hack it. If the key store is in the image file, the image will look absolutely the same due to the new steganographic algorithms in information encryption. So, hackers can go over your disk drives with a fine-toothed comb and not find any trace of your key.
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