On 12/11/07, John Summerfield <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > How do you secure privacy of files on a USB stick? > > encrypt the filesystem, > Problem seemms to be that using ext3 or encryption wears out a usb drive more quickly. I'm just going by posts to this list which say vfat is best because it does not make as many fdisk accesses (atime, etc). So i need to learn more on encryption if vfat , if that's possible > > > > I thought I could fix that by putting on an ext3 file system. But it > > doesn't help. Windows users with IExplore can see all the files, no > > matter who owns them. > > really? Did you add ext3 support to Windows? if not, then my next guess > is that you're confused! > > I didn't implement ext3 on windows. This guy did. http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs With that, the ext3 filesystem is laid bare to windows.. -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
