PGP Virtual Disk is a
disk encryption
Disk encryption is a technology which protects information by converting it into unreadable code that cannot be deciphered easily by unauthorized people. Disk encryption uses disk encryption software or hardware to encrypt every bit of data that g ...
system that allows one to create a virtual
encrypted disk within a file.
Older versions for Windows NT were freeware (for example, bundled with
PGP
PGP or Pgp may refer to:
Science and technology
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* Personal Genome Project, to sequence genomes and medical records
* Pretty Good Privacy, a computer program for the ...
v6.0.2i; and with some of the CKT builds of PGP). These are still available for download, but no longer maintained. Today, PGP Virtual Disk is available as part of the
PGP Desktop product family, running on
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft and oriented towards businesses. It was the direct successor to Windows NT 4.0, and was Software release life cycle#Release to manufacturing (RTM), releas ...
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XP/
Vista
Vista usually refers to a distant view.
Vista may also refer to:
Software
*Windows Vista, the line of Microsoft Windows client operating systems released in 2006 and 2007
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, and
Mac OS X
macOS (; previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. Within the market of ...
.
See also
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Disk encryption software
Disk encryption software is computer security software that protects the confidentiality of data stored on computer media (e.g., a hard disk, floppy disk, or USB device) by using disk encryption.
Compared to access controls commonly enforced by a ...
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Comparison of disk encryption software
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United States v. Boucher
''In re Boucher'' (case citation: No. 2:06-mJ-91, 2009 WL 424718), is a federal criminal case in Vermont, which was the first to directly address the question of whether investigators can compel a suspect to reveal their encryption passphrase or ...
– federal criminal case involving PGPDisk-protected data
Cryptographic software
Disk encryption
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