[Ti] Protecting your Data

[Neil Cadsawan]

On Monday, December 30, 2002, at 08:17  PM, David Remahl wrote:

> Neil's method actually involvs _encrypting_ the data, not just 
> password protecting it. That means you would have to crack the 
> encryption to get at the data.
>
> / Regards, David Remahl
>
>> Hmmm...  That's an interesting idea!
>> The only problem; your data isn't secure to anybody with a MacOS X 
>> install disk who knows how to use the Reset Admin Password thing, is 
>> it?  They could reset your password, and the encrypted volume would 
>> still open with the newly reset password when the same user logs in.
>> But a great idea for cases where physical access to the machine is 
>> restricted and you want to get a little extra security...
>>
>> Personally, I think it's a GOOD thing that it's not totally secure; I 
>> work in computer repair and we'd probably end up seeing a few people 
>> with forgotten passwords wanting us to attempt data recovery.
>>
Well, it's not excactly _my_ method... I'm just sharing something 
interesting I read. :)

But yes, according to the method described, your data would be 
encrypted so it would be quite a task to decrypt it.


-Neil

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