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RE: Protect folder data.


From: Mike Dresser <mdresser () windsormachine com>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 14:15:10 -0500 (EST)

On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Rick Darsey wrote:

Any software that he may use to lock the files can be broken by a person
with enough knowledge.  I hardly think that a local sys admin will have
access to the brute force type that the FBI used.  There is no completely
secure method of protecting data short of disconnecting the system from any
outside access, and keeping the workstation with you at ALL times.

Indeed.  If the person is desperate enough, they can even stick a
keylogger on your keyboard and get your passwords that way when you open
the file.

Mike


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