[Gllug] Editors

[Simon Bunker]

If you are going to have your computer in public places now and again why
not have your /home directory mounted from a removeable hard disk? Then you
can just take it out/lock it in a safe if you know it is going to be
accessible. Chaining the actual base unit to someting solid might help too!

If you want to be extremely paranoid why not put magnetic loops in all
door/windows so that the hard disk is wiped when it goes through (just
remember when moving the thing). Or perhaps a small progrma to write random
data over the entire disk if you login with a certain password? There are
all sorts of things you could do - whether it is worth it I don't know -
personally I still get pissed off about having to use su all the time to
install new software.....

PS You should definitely read Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson if you
haven't already....

Simon
http://www.rendermania.com/
UIN 11123737

> * David Freeman (freemadi at yahoo.co.uk) wrote:
> >  --- Tom Gilbert <tom at linuxbrit.co.uk> wrote: > * David Freeman
> > (freemadi at yahoo.co.uk) wrote:
> > >
> > > Uh. To the authorities, when you are suspected of certain illegal
> > > activities. Sheesh, are we talking child porn or a letter to your
> > > bank
> > > manager here?
> >
> > Neither, we are talking merely the presence of encrypted data on my
> > HDD. If its there then there is the problem of having to give the pass
> > phrase over. I would rather be able to deny the higher levels on a
> > StegFS.
> >
> > Just for the record, I am not doing anything which is Illegal, I am
> > just paranoid.
>
> Fine. It's just that I can see the need to protect data from your mate
> down the pub borrowing your laptop, but I cannot see the need to "deny
> the higher levels on a StegFS" from the authorities unless you are doing
> something illegal.
>
> Tom.
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