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Date:	Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:45:46 -0700
From:	Tom Brown <thomabrown@gmail.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: ecryption, thumb drives and ecomstation

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Robert Blair wrote:
> ** Reply to message from "Mark Abramowitz" on Thu, 30 Oct
> 2008 21:59:58 -0700
>
>>> There is (or was) a secure file system named "crypt stream" for OS/2. If
>>> both systems are OS/2 then you may have a chance of being able to do what
>>> you want but if they are not both OS/2 then I doubt you will find a
>>> solution.
>> The data would be downloaded over the net.
>>
>> Does this mean that there is no exisitng "standard" for encrypted thumb
>> drives?
>
> Standards! Are you kidding? The software industry does not do standards
> unless forced by things outside their control, MS being the worst.
>
> Look at
> http://www.os2site.com/sw/util/encryption/index.html
> file bfish163.zip.
>
> With this I think you can do what you want. A problem with this is that
> wherever you first stored the file unencrypted it is still there in plain text
> and you need a way to get rid of the data and just deleting the file does not
> delete the data, the file needs to be over written before deleting the file.
> Over writting the file is not that easy using the tools usually available for
> most users (i.e. an editor will not do it).
>

For OS/2, PM Wipe will do it, although the directory entry may still
remain. pmwip101.zip on Hobbes.

--
Tom Brown, Catherder
thomabrown at gmail dot com
Member SCOUG, V.O.I.C.E., & SDAA

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