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Great article. Some other physical, logical, and integrated laptop security choices can be found at http://www.ilinktechnology.com
Posted by: altman at February 24, 2006 9:35 PMuse truecrypt instead of pgp because its a lot cheaper, but its a bitch to get started, i had to read the readme.
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Proxys get around bess
I`ve enjoyed reading it but please next time make it brief and concise.
Posted by: Daniel Arthur at April 19, 2006 2:29 AMI use Private Disk (http://www.dekart.com/ ) - quite satisfied - and the support these guys provide is extraordinary - not the least thing when you trust your data to this kind of software.
Posted by: Mike at June 19, 2006 7:41 AMI found this article to be informative, even though I already take some measures to ensure the security of my data. Personally, I keep my laptop secure using software like StompSoft's Digital Vault. (http://www.stompsoft.com/digital-vault.html) This allows me to encrypt any files that I choose, additionally, I can also encrypt my emails and files that I keep on my USB drives. For me, I feel that this is all I really need to keep my data from being exploited by those who would seek to do so.
Posted by: felix at August 28, 2006 6:33 PMEasy as pie
Chuck the hard drive all togeather
Set CDROM drive as master in bios
boot up in slax linux,surf as usual
keep a little usb thumbdrive handy for backing up stuff.
Oh and a little knowledge in linux would help.
But hey no body can get your data cause you don't have a hard drive on that IDE cable inside the unit its self ...lol
Posted by: Tim at September 15, 2006 11:00 PMKnoppix
Slax
Puppy linux
Pc linux OS
D@m small linux
They all work on CD as a read only OS.
You really DON'T need a hard drive!!!!.
just use a small thumbdrive to store stuff.
Make sure your on a router that has PPOE or auto DHCP selected so your linux CD knows you want to surf the WWW.
Learn linux it's the ultimate in privacy.
Don't count on payware that bloats your OS to the size of the hindenburg.
Right now this message is being typed in Slax Linux 5.1.7 LIVE CD no HD
Pentium 4 2.4 Ghx
2 gig ddr
4 gig Gigabyte I-ram pseudo drive____ ((((IDE CARD with 4 sticks of 1 gig each on it))))
Nvidia 128 meg graphics.
Linksys 10/100 ethernet card.
1 dvd read drive
2 cdrw burner drives.
Not meant to impress just to show the configuration.
Gigabyte motherboard
Some time I used PGP disk to protect my private data, but now I am using Eterlogic SecretDrive, it supports many encryption algorithms, RAM disk, and hidden volumes. It is fully compatible with Windows Vista, so I recommend it to anyone.
You can get it at http://www.eterlogic.com
I wonder what about keyloggin programs for Windows XP? If a potential intruder would like to get to the encrypted volume, he could install keyloggin software considering he has the access.
Is TrueCrypt offers any protection for such scenario?
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Hash: SHA1
If your system has been compromised with a keylogger, then absolutely, all bets
are off as they could easily sniff anything you type including your TrueCrypt
password.
Basically if your system has been compromised in any way, you must assume the
worse.
Leo
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Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32)
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egxssENxomLOCleB5seo3NM=
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