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Re: ATTN NON-GEEKS!         


Author: Giggles Like a Girl
Date: Nov 1, 2007 23:51

In article geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, daletx@ATnewsguy.com says...
>
>I need to set up a file encryption system, such that it can be accessed
>from three different computers, by four or five different people. We're
>currently looking at something called WinPG, which is the Winders
>version of GNUpg, which is the GNU version of PGP. This looks like it's
>going to involve lots of passing keys around and remembering of passphrases.
>
>Anybody got any better/easier but still secure suggestions?
>
>Thanks, y'all.

From what I can tell with a little reading, Zip file encryption is
in fact pretty hard to crack if any of a few very easy precautions
are taken, and it has the advantage of being easy to implement on
the...
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Re: ATTN NON-GEEKS!         


Author: Giggles Like a Girl
Date: Nov 2, 2007 00:02

In article , donshep2.nospam@verizon.net says...
>
>dt wrote:
>
>>
>> Paranoia strikes deep, Don. ;-) My new supervisor is getting really
>> weird about "secure" passwords, no passwords written down, nothing
>> stored on a removable/loseable/stealable device. I've been dinged for
>> using a password like "Rowdy72" for my email. Is anybody else *really*
>> gonna be able to figure out our old dog's name and when he died? Yeah,
>> a 'bot could run through every English word and number combination, but
>> can't the same 'bot run through every random letter/number combination?
>>
>> DT
>
>When I worked I would always say to myself about my boss, "Yeah, I'll
>fix his ass, I'll do what he told me to!" And I did.

Heh, always the best way.
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Author: Kirsten
Date: Nov 1, 2007 23:19

KittyP wrote:
> "Kirsten" nospamplease.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:1193961144.37402.0@despina.uk.clara.net...
>> dt wrote:
>>> I need to set up a file encryption system, such that it can be accessed
>>> from three different computers, by four or five different people. We're
>>> currently looking at something called WinPG, which is the Winders version
>>> of GNUpg, which is the GNU version of PGP. This looks like it's going to
>>> involve lots of passing keys around and remembering of passphrases.
>>>
>>> Anybody got any better/easier but still secure suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks, y'all.
>>>
>>> DT
>> I have a vision of your future. I see you buying five copies of PGP
>> Desktop.
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Kirsten ...
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Author: Giggles Like a Girl
Date: Nov 2, 2007 00:12

In article geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, daletx@ATnewsguy.com says...
>
>Don Shepherd wrote:
>
>> dt wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Paranoia strikes deep, Don. ;-) My new supervisor is getting really
>>> weird about "secure" passwords, no passwords written down, nothing
>>> stored on a removable/loseable/stealable device. I've been dinged for
>>> using a password like "Rowdy72" for my email. Is anybody else
>>> *really* gonna be able to figure out our old dog's name and when he
>>> died? Yeah, a 'bot could run through every English word and number
>>> combination, but can't the same 'bot run through every random
>>> letter/number combination?
>>>
>>> DT
>>
>>
>> When I worked I would always say to myself about my boss, "Yeah, I'll ...
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Re: ATTN NON-GEEKS!         


Author: Kirsten
Date: Nov 2, 2007 00:30

Giggles Like a Girl wrote:
> Man that's paranoid. Expecting the drive to be stolen?
> Because that's the only way that overwriting the data that
> much is relevant. The NSA will take your drive's platters
> off and try to read the data at the edge of the tracks by
> mounting them on lathes with special read-heads, or
> something, looking for data that didn't get overwritten
> because the head didn't track identically the first time.
> You guys protecting records of Dubya's grades or something
> else that important?
>

The NSAs best efforts may be thwarted by a thumb drive and a microwave.

My view is, until you have a man in a suit demanding information by
threatening the immigration status of friends or family, you're not just
not trying hard enough.

Best wishes
Kirsten
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Re: ATTN NON-GEEKS!         


Author: Giggles Like a Girl
Date: Nov 2, 2007 02:00

In article <1193988632.87086.0@iris.uk.clara.net>, kirsten@nospamplease.org.uk
says...
>
>Giggles Like a Girl wrote:
>
>> Man that's paranoid. Expecting the drive to be stolen?
>> Because that's the only way that overwriting the data that
>> much is relevant. The NSA will take your drive's platters
>> off and try to read the data at the edge of the tracks by
>> mounting them on lathes with special read-heads, or
>> something, looking for data that didn't get overwritten
>> because the head didn't track identically the first time.
>> You guys protecting records of Dubya's grades or something
>> else that important?
>>
>
>The NSAs best efforts may be thwarted by a thumb drive and a microwave.

Which is why it's best to keep a car battery charged and a
power inverter handy at all times.
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Re: ATTN NON-GEEKS!         


Author: Wilson
Date: Nov 2, 2007 04:33

Giggles Like a Girl wrote:
> In article geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>,
> daletx@ATnewsguy.com says...
>>
>> Don Shepherd wrote:
>>
>>> dt wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Paranoia strikes deep, Don. ;-) My new supervisor is
>>>> getting really weird about "secure" passwords, no
>>>> passwords written down, nothing stored on a
>>>> removable/loseable/stealable device. I've been dinged
>>>> for using a password like "Rowdy72" for my email. Is
>>>> anybody else *really* gonna be able to figure out our old
>>>> dog's name and when he died? Yeah, a 'bot could run
>>>> through every English word and number combination, but
>>>> can't the same 'bot run through every random
>>>> letter/number combination?
>>>> ...
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Re: ATTN NON-GEEKS!         


Author: Wilson
Date: Nov 2, 2007 04:33

Giggles Like a Girl wrote:
> In article ,
> donshep2.nospam@verizon.net says...
>>
>> dt wrote:
>>> I need to set up a file encryption system, such that it
>>> can be accessed from three different computers, by four or
>>> five different people. We're currently looking at
>>> something called WinPG, which is the Winders version of
>>> GNUpg, which is the GNU version of PGP. This looks like
>>> it's going to involve lots of passing keys around and
>>> remembering of passphrases.
>>>
>>> Anybody got any better/easier but still secure suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks, y'all.
>>>
>>> DT
>>
>> Do you think that each user could have a flash drive that ...
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Re: ATTN NON-GEEKS!         


Author: dt
Date: Nov 2, 2007 06:45

Giggles Like a Girl wrote:
> In article geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, daletx@ATnewsguy.com says...
>
>>Don Shepherd wrote:
>>
>>
>>>dt wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I need to set up a file encryption system, such that it can be
...
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Re: ATTN NON-GEEKS!         


Author: Don Shepherd
Date: Nov 2, 2007 06:59

Wilson wrote:
>
> Well, add some vitamins and you'd have a system that's secure and
> nutritious too!
>

Now THERE'S a sig line!

Don
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