Is there any way AT ALL to get full disk encryption on a PowerPC Mac?

[Jethryn Freyman]

Hi guys.

Is there any way AT ALL to get full disk encryption on a PowerPC Mac for the system boot drive?

I have a dual 1.8GHz G5 running 10.5.8. Using Filevault at the moment, but it sucks (as it only protects the home folder.) Taking a performance hit from FDE is not an issue for me. All the software I can find (PGP, Checkpoint) is Intel-only.

What about hardware encryption, like a hardware-encrypted SATA hard disk? Anybody got experience or any links to one of those being used in a PowerPC Mac?

 

[bigeasy_uk]

Have you tried using truecrypt? I've not used it on macs but it does full disk encryption and 10.4 and above is supported, and is free.

 

[MagicBoy]

You asked this back in November. Why are you asking it again in a new thread?

 

[Jethryn Freyman]

Have you tried using truecrypt? I've not used it on macs but it does full disk encryption and 10.4 and above is supported, and is free.

Doesn't support encryption of the boot disk.

You asked this back in November. Why are you asking it again in a new thread?

Nobody answered. This thread is very much more direct.

 

[MagicBoy]

Nobody answered. This thread is very much more direct.

I disagree.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1269912/

I'm pretty sure it can't be done. Cope with Filevault or buy an Intel Mac.

 

[bigeasy_uk]

Doesn't support encryption of the boot disk.

You are quite right, sorry. I've only used it on a Windows system before, which does allow boot disk encryption.