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Re: Harddisk encryption ??
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[email protected] (Igor Chudov @ home) writes:
> i definately see a problem.
>
> you encrypt all your data on that another computer, and then send this
> data over your LAN in the clear. the data can be compromised by snooping
> at the network connection.
If you had read his message, you would have noted that he's on a
private network. Net sniffing should not be a problem, unless he's
under tempest attack. Of course in that case, he's probably screwd
anyway.
> that sux, although you are protected against "physical theft".
>
> I suggest that you use PGP and DOS partitions to keep your files
> instead.
Nahh, however, watch out for temporary files lying around, post-its
with passwords written on them, plaintexts lying around on unencrypted
partitions, etc.
Jer
"standing on top of the world/ never knew how you never could/ never knew
why you never could live/ innocent life that everyone did" -Wormhole
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