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<h2>Why is something like CryptoNAS necessary?</h2>
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<p>Usually all your files like phone numbers, love letters, bank
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account data etc. are stored unencrypted on your computer's
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harddisk.
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All the data is accessible for everyone who has access to the harddisk.
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This is very bad in case someone you don't trust gets your harddisk.
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E.g. a thief that steals your notebook, or breaks into your house
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or company.
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If a thief has access to your disk she can also read all the files that
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where saved on it, no matter whether you have a login password or not -
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the files are always stored unencrypted and so readable with the
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right tools.
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<h2>What's the difference with CryptoNAS?</h2>
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<p>This software adds a layer between the data you save and the
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actual format in how the data is stored on the harddisk. This way
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you need a password to access the files. This is very easy to use
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without complicated configuration steps. And it doesn't affect your usual workflow.
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<h2>How does CryptoNAS actually work?</h2>
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<p>NAS is an acronym for Network Attached Storage. This means you
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have a fileserver in your local network, that stores all your
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data. If you run the CryptoNAS software on this server everything
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is encrypted and so unreadable for everyone but you.
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<h2>Usage example</h2>
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<p>Maybe you have an outdated PC laying around. Boot it up with the CryptoNAS live-CD.
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Now you can access it from your workstation with a browser.
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Then you partition and reformat the harddisk of the old
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PC with encryption support. Therefore you provide a passphrase.
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This is all done through the user friendly webinterface (see
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<a href="screenshots.html">screenshots</a>).
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You can also plug in an external harddisk and use this to store
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your encrypted data.
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Afterwards you copy your sensitive data over the local
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network to the old PC which now works as CryptoNAS.
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All file are now stored on its harddisk in a secure way with strong
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encryption. Nobody can access your data without the right passphrase.
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</p>
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