-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Op woensdag 31 oktober 2001 schreef Han Thomas:
> Personally I'd recommend getting this one: > http://www.pgpi.org/products/pgpdisk/ (Use the NT version if you run > Windows 2000) please, if you must use PGPdisk, download from http://www.ipgpp.com/ version 6.5.8ckt, it is pgp 6.5.8 (including all bugfixes since 6.0.2!) bundled with the pgpdisk from 6.0.2. for version 7.x, also available from NAI, there is not yet a plugin for TB. > This version is the last freeware version that still came with PGP > Disk for free. ...from NAI, yes. > (Optionally even install the whole The Bat program intirely on the > encrypted disk; when the disk is off, nobody even knows you have an > extra program for email.) well, there are traces of course... shortcuts perhaps on your desktop, temporary files left behind... > Frankly, protecting email while it's on your computer is much more > important than protecting it while it's being transmitted. It takes > some pretty smart people to intercept e-mail during the 10 seconds > it takes to send over the internet, however any co-worker or your > baby daughter can open your emails while they sit on your computer > for all eternity. while this is mostly true on a single computer @ home, this is certainly not the case when your computer is plugged into any kind of LAN. an ethernet-sniffer is easily installed, and while it generates huge amounts of data, a quick grep at 'PASS' reveales a lot of passwords (plain POP3 works with plain-text passwords). yes, my account has been compromized that way. yes, i download my mail in an ssh-tunnel these days. @work, you should never leave your computer unattended in an unsecure state (screensaver with password), your mail-files should be on the network-server (where they will be backed-up), where none of your co-workers can touch them unless authorized. @home, you should trust your family or install Windows NT/2000/XP :) personally, i would never trust an PGPdisk with all my email. since all data is saved in one file, one corrupted byte will, worst-case, deny me access to all my important stuff (remember DoubleSpace?). same goes for a wrong press on 'del'. PGPdisk is useful, in my opinion, for use on a laptop whilst *transporting* datafiles. perhaps you should look into SecureBat for ultimate security? i think i have a tendency to go off-topic on this list, apologies :) Mrten. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5i iQA/AwUBO9/Hz0tQMadp+KslEQICVwCeLfiPF7kyVKD4je2oqxiJkX8gC1EAoK0V Hfl6TmlROIV4Dsr7EDg55f/X =mu8X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
