On Monday 07 November 2005 9:24 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've got a question about installing GPG on my newly acquired IPAQ rx 1950
Why not replace Windows with GNU/Linux by installing Familiar onto your iPAQ? I'm running Familiar with GPE on a iPAQ HP3900. GnuPG is available as a package - pre-compiled and configured for Familiar. http://www.dcglug.org.uk/wiki/?id=view/dist-reviews/misc/4 > I want to install a secure, mail encryption system GnuPG doesn't do the mail component, plus you have the usual problems with keeping a secret key protected whilst on a small, portable, device. At least with a genuine GNU system on the device you can use sensible security mechanisms and have a truly security-aware kernel. > that's for free and widely used -> GPG. Don't confuse "for free" with "free software". The benefits of gnupg do NOT arise from the lack of a price tag but from the freedom to modify, copy and distribute the source code and compiled binaries. > I still want to have GPG on my PDA, especially > because I think security issues are even more relevant on mobile devices > than on Desktop PCs. Don't forget the role of the OS. It's hard enough protecting the device, let alone the holes in windows mobile security. I couldn't even logout on my iPAQ using WinCE and anyone with SynCE installed on their GNU/Linux box could read and write all my Windows data without ANY security intervention whatsoever. That would INCLUDE a gnupg secret key. I could copy / move it off the device or replace it with a different one - you wouldn't know. I'd only need 2 minutes alone with your Windows iPAQ. At least with Familiar, you have an ordinary user with a login password, a root user with a root password and a login manager. SSH connectivity is supported (and can be secured further) and it has a genuine 2.6 Linux kernel with iptables support for a genuine firewall too. It's up to you how secure you make your Bluetooth support but it's only enabled after you login. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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