* William Ballard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [041226 20:38]:
> On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 11:19:13PM -0500, Douglas Ward wrote:
> > If you just want something for carrying encrypted passwords, get an older 
> > model Palm from eBay; many of the +4 year old models are 
> > $30 and less.
> 
> It's useless to carry around encrypted data when the private key is also 
> on the device.  You'd need to store the private key on a seperate 
> device, which gets to be a pain.  You can get a port of GnuPG for the 
> PocketPC.

For this type of application, I'd recommend just using a symmetric
cipher, keeping the passphrase in your head, and no separate keys to
worry about.  This is the usual way that password management apps work,
IME.

good times,
Vineet
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