Savefile encryption - how secure/reliable?

[Cirrael]

Well, I'm trying to secure my files with encryption, and I've searched the forum for some clues. But I still have some questions remaining. If anyone could help me, I would be forever in debt.

What I think is simple enough for me is just to have an encrypted puppy savefile and store in it all the files I want encrypted.

But how secure is the puppy encryption?

And about the savefile itself, how prone to corruption is it? And is there a way of not echoing the typed password when I mount it in the system? And about a matching strings checker when the puppy ask me to choose a password while creating the savefile?

My main OS is the Precise 5.7.1 one, concerning my questions, is it time to choose some more updated version of Puppy already?

[watchdog]

Read:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 292#780292

Truecrypt has been declared almost secure after an audit and I'm still using it. Download last version from:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 612#782612

Truecrypt development has been resumed by the open source veracrypt project:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/veracrypt/files/

[8Geee]

If I may ask the OP... Are you asking if the save-file at shutdown is secure? I feel reasonably sure the 'heavy encryption' option when 1st making a save file is good. The 'light encryption' option is not too good, but will fend off casual attacks. Of course a determined attack will eventually crack anything.

[Cirrael]

Hello, watchdog and 8Geee. Thank you very much for your replies. I don't think that someone would spend any time trying to peek at my encrypted files. So the puppy savefile will certainly fit all my needs. There is a added convenience because the system just mount the file and I can use it like a encrypted folder/partition (no need for extra typing).