[Lazyweb] Using TrueCrypt for Linux and Windows?
Moin

This is my situation:

I have data on my Linux machine at home (several thousand files, about 10 gigabyte). I am using that PC several hours a day. The filesystem is Ext3.
Quite regularly I need some of my data at work which is a Windows-only land... I am thinking about buying a 2.5" HDD (USB). For various reasons I have to encrypt my data.

Currently the best solutions seems to be TrueCrypt as it is OpenSource and works on Linux and Windows. I used it on Windows, but never on Linux.

One problem is that I need to be able to read the data on our Windows XP and 2000 machines and that means that I'd need to make the hard disk use FAT which will probably cause problems (I have tons of files with umlauts and I cannot even count the occasions where an umlaut made huge problems when I converted FAT <--> EXT*).

So my question to you, dear Lazyweb, is if a 2.5" USB HDD with TrueCrypt is the best way to go. I'd use rsync to sync between my computer and the USB HDD.
I also thought about an U3 stick but that doesn't work on Linux...

Thanks.