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On 05/25/07 13:44, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
[snip]
>> But isn't that putting all your eggs in one basket? (Unless I'm
>> mis-reading you.)
>
> 3 disks in three different locations (according to Douglas'
> requirements). You'd h
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Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 05/25/07 09:04, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
>> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> [snip]
>>> True. However, for a small data set (under 1 GB) the need for three
>>> copies means three hard drives. Using a hard drive and rewriting ove
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On 05/25/07 09:04, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
[snip]
>> True. However, for a small data set (under 1 GB) the need for three
>> copies means three hard drives. Using a hard drive and rewriting over
>> it means that you loo
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Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 10:41:18AM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
>> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
>>> No. I figure a CD is good for at least a year. Every year, I
>>> pull the two netinst cds from the bank, take an SHA h
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 10:41:18AM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
> Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > No. I figure a CD is good for at least a year. Every year, I
> > pull the two netinst cds from the bank, take an SHA hash and compare it
> > with the written notes, then run something like cdck o
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Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 10:49:51PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 05/23/07 20:17, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 07:05:23PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>>
> It would be very nice if there was a u
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On 05/24/07 18:58, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 06:08:21PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >
>>> There is something to be said for casting something in plain text in
>>> bronze and gold plating it.
>> Buffered lignin-free paper.
>
On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 06:08:21PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> > There is something to be said for casting something in plain text in
> > bronze and gold plating it.
>
> Buffered lignin-free paper.
>
Burns.
Bronze melts.
Pottery breaks.
Acid rain eats granite.
I guess the bottom line is
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On 05/24/07 16:18, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 12:03:15PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >
>>> Never heard of ODF, or is it specific to *Office programmes?
>>> Personally, I save my latex as latex. The origional contents are
>>
On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 12:03:15PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> > Never heard of ODF, or is it specific to *Office programmes?
> > Personally, I save my latex as latex. The origional contents are
> > plainly visible.
>
> Never heard of ODF It's the OpenOffice.org 2.0 document format,
> ak
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On 05/24/07 08:47, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 10:49:51PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 05/23/07 20:17, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 07:05:23PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>>
> It would be very ni
On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 10:49:51PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 05/23/07 20:17, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> > On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 07:05:23PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >
> >>> It would be very nice if there was a universal cross-platform rw +
> >>> encrypt filesystem for archives. Somethin
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On 05/24/07 03:09, Dan H wrote:
> On Thu, 24 May 2007 02:48:35 -0500
> Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On 05/24/07 02:30, Dan H wrote:
>>> In fact, to those that really want to get at the data, a properly
>>> encrypted (as in: unguessable
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On 05/24/07 02:50, Dan H wrote:
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>
> One more problem I would have had is that I might have forgotten my old
> passphrase. Fortunately I've been using one and the same passphrase for
> over 10 years now, which in itself isn't so good, so I could
On Thu, 24 May 2007 02:48:35 -0500
Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 05/24/07 02:30, Dan H wrote:
> > In fact, to those that really want to get at the data, a properly
> > encrypted (as in: unguessable passphrase, long enough key) laptop
> > will make any other approach than directly att
On Wed, 23 May 2007 21:17:50 -0400
Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I gpg a tarball today with whatever algorithm is current, in 10
> years that algorithm may be long cracked. Will the gpg authors keep
> support for it? Perhaps.
Just yesterday I had a similar problem which pr
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On 05/24/07 02:30, Dan H wrote:
[snip]
>
> In fact, to those that really want to get at the data, a properly
> encrypted (as in: unguessable passphrase, long enough key) laptop will
> make any other approach than directly attacking the laptop more
> f
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Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 17:01 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > After all the stories about laptops full of sensitive data being
> > stolen, and tapes full of sensitive data being lost, you still have
> > to ask why someone wan
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On 05/23/07 20:17, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 07:05:23PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
>>> It would be very nice if there was a universal cross-platform rw +
>>> encrypt filesystem for archives. Something that you could be conf
On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 07:05:23PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > It would be very nice if there was a universal cross-platform rw +
> > encrypt filesystem for archives. Something that you could be confident
> > that you could decrypt and access in 10 years using whatever OS was
> > current then.
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On 05/23/07 18:46, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 06:12:36PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
>> On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 17:01 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
>>> After all the stories about laptops full of sensitive data being
>>> stolen,
On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 06:12:36PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 17:01 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > After all the stories about laptops full of sensitive data being
> > stolen, and tapes full of sensitive data being lost, you still have
> > to ask why someone wants to encryp
On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 17:01 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 05/23/07 16:18, Mike McCarty wrote:
> [snip]
> > It compromises "sharability". If the goal is to share info, then
> > why encrypt? If the goal is to protect info, then physical security
> > is the way to go. Adding encryption only slows dow
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On 05/23/07 16:18, Mike McCarty wrote:
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> It compromises "sharability". If the goal is to share info, then
> why encrypt? If the goal is to protect info, then physical security
> is the way to go. Adding encryption only slows down access in a
> c
Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
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Mike McCarty wrote:
The purpose of encryption is to prevent sharing of information.
Using it on a disc which is intended to be used on multiple
machines or OS seems, umm, odd. For portable/removable media,
the appropriate
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Mike McCarty wrote:
> The purpose of encryption is to prevent sharing of information.
> Using it on a disc which is intended to be used on multiple
> machines or OS seems, umm, odd. For portable/removable media,
> the appropriate security seems to me t
On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 01:23:59PM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> In practice, this probably means FAT32, if you intend
> to use Microsoft OS to read and/or write it.
There are ext2/3 drivers for Windows.
Regards,
Andrei
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andy wrote:
Hi all
I am thinking of getting an external/USB2.0 hard-drive.
This is entirely new to me, so I have a load of questions if you guys
don't mind throwing your opinions into the pot on this?
1. Is this a device that can/should be rw via other (possibly
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andy wrote:
Hi all
I am thinking of getting an external/USB2.0 hard-drive.
This is entirely new to me, so I have a load of questions if you guys
don't mind throwing your opinions into the pot on this?
1. Is this a device that can/should be rw via other (possibly
non-GNU/Linux) machines? If y
Hi all
I am thinking of getting an external/USB2.0 hard-drive.
This is entirely new to me, so I have a load of questions if you guys
don't mind throwing your opinions into the pot on this?
1. Is this a device that can/should be rw via other (possibly
non-GNU/Linux) machines? If yes, then what
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