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Re: 4 weeks to go



Could prove an interesting cat-and-mouse game. For instance, what if I stored by encrypted container file as a binary object within a database. Would it be detectable then?

					Seth


On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Marc G. Fournier wrote:

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- --On Thursday, April 24, 2008 18:55:38 -0700 Seth Grimes
<grimes(at)altaplana(dot)com>
wrote:

That article is about network traffic.

Sensitive material on one's laptop hard drive is a different concern.  If
it's a concern of yours, check out some open source software called
TrueCrypt, http://www.truecrypt.org/ , which allows you to create and
encrypted container file, which may be hidden.  Once that file is mounted,
which requires a password, it looks like just another drive.

Actually, after having a lengthy thread on this at work recently, the apparent
issue is that they can demand that you enter the decrypt key to do the mount
for them, *and*, if you fail to comply, refuse you entry (at a minimum) ...

Of course, they have to know the drive is actually there for this, but
considering how many public lists that this thread has been discussed on, it
won't take long for them to train those guys to find it for themselves ;)


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