in the SD card slot, as long as its in the computer can automatically
decrypt and read the files, if i remove it it cant access any of my
data.
On 7/24/05, Zoltan Patay <zoltanpatay@gmail.com> wrote:
> So where do you keep this SD card?
>
> On 7/24/05, chris lee <chris.a.lee@gmail.com> wrote:
> > i ended up using Knoppix and adding BestCrypt to triple encrypt all
> > the data i store on my drive.
> >
> > the keys are on a SD card so i can quickly destroy it if i ever have to.
> >
> > On 7/24/05, steve szmidt <steve@szmidt.org> wrote:
> > > On Saturday 23 July 2005 21:42, Zoltan Patay wrote:
> > > > 1. Password protect Grub.
> > > > 2. Encrypt /home
> > > > 2b. It is possible to encrypt root fs and swap as well if well
> > > > justified or particularly paranoid (needs more expertise, but that is
> > > > usually readily aviable at such level of paranoia).
> > >
> > > I'd like to pose the view that it's bad idea to encrypt anything but /home or
> > > equivalent. All you are really accomplishing is making it more risky.
> > >
> > > You have to give the system the key to run, once done it's not offering any
> > > real security. Data should not be anywhere except where data is supposed to
> > > be kept like in /home. So you system will boot, but your key is required and
> > > if it does not work, well hopefully you have a backup.
> > >
> > > You can argue that encrypting other partitions does help security and it's
> > > true, it does help a bit. But again I don't see the value. Keep you system up
> > > to date, lock it down and that usually does the trick just fine (talking
> > > about Unices of course).
> > >
> > > When I have encrypted a partition it has been on a small "safe" partition that
> > > I created on my laptop. It only kept things I did not want to get into the
> > > wrong, or anauthorized hands. So I had a fully operational system, but had
> > > the valuable data locked away.
> > >
> > > Actually at one point I forgot what the key was one one laptop, and could not
> > > get in. Fortunately this was on one that was empty. But I was laughing over
> > > somehow ending up in a position where I would be in contempt of court for not
> > > letting them in. Not that I ever had anything of interest to a court, but
> > > just the idea of being told to let them in, and saying I forgot... It would
> > > look like a bad excuse.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Steve Szmidt
> > >
> > > "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety
> > > deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> > > Benjamin Franklin
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