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The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:11:01
David Honig (honig@sprynet.com)
Tue, 25 Aug 1998 17:51:37 -0700
At 10:56 AM 8/25/98 +0100, Ian Brown wrote:
>As David says though,
>> Rabbits and foxes just keep getting faster...
>
>That's why ScanSafe would move anything you wouldn't want Customs to get
>their hands on (secring.pgp, BusinessPlan1998-2000.pgp etc. ;) off your
>hard disk and wipe that and your swap and temp files securely. I didn't
>intend that you would take that data with you -- you would leave it at
>home, well out of reach at the border. Of course, you could leave it on a
>secure network-accessible filesystem so that when you reached your
>destination you could put it straight back on your laptop.
>
>> You really want the persistant version of link-level encryption: you want
>> to encrypt whole partitions.
>
>Yes, but again, rabbits and foxes.
You've convinced me that simply removing designated files is the only
really secure
way of getting through the magnetometers of freedom. I was impressed by
the sophistication of the deniable filesystems I've read about,
but They can always recognize the drivers and reverse-engineer any
formatting tricks.
A wee voice wearing a green visor says, "Its all economics", and so I think
that there's probably still utility in cryptofunky file systems, especially
in ease-of-use, and when you don't care if you're detected and know you
won't hand over the key.
In other words: Going to China in 10 years? Remove your stuff, as Carlin
would say.
Keeping a diary on your home PC, Mr. Packwood, Jr.? Run a deniable/duress
file system.
Have a nice day,
There is a secret message embedded in the phosphor of this period.
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:11:01