Protecting signing key

[cdr]

Ryan Malayter wrote:
> Windows doesn't have whole-disk encryption yet, only per-file and
> per-folder encryption. 
> That said, everything I've read indicates that the encrypting file
> system (EFS) in Windows 2000+ is reasonably well implemented. 

It is imprudent to trust operating system vendors in general,
and close-source operating system vendors in particular - when it
comes to security.

One solution (free, with full source) can be found here:
http://www.truecrypt.org/

c.rok