David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > I'm moving very slowly towards moving from a Palm TX for my walkaround > device to the N800. The N800 has much superior web browsing, a better > screen, a darned good ebook reader, and thought I don't have it yet I > hear there's a port of KeePass encrypted password database, which would > be compatible with what I use elsewhere so I can just drop the file on > the N800. I've got an adequate email solution, working. So if I find > an address database and a calendar I can stand, I'll be good. > > Except that I don't dare take it out of the house. There doesn't seem > to be any security. Anybody who found it could access my email, the > passwords stored in the browser, the credit card information in the PIM > database, and so forth. I found some kind of lock that takes a very > short numeric password, but that's inadequate. And of course anything > on either of the two memory cards can be read in any device you put the > cards into, which means I really need encryption on them (or be sure > nothing sensitive is stored there). > > Furthermore, startup is very slow, unless I just put it to sleep. And > does waking up require re-authenticating? > > I'm assuming I just lose on encrypting the memory cards; I suspect the > processor performance would make that a bad idea. I can probably live > with that, with a little care on where things go. But I need some kind > of authentication when I turn the device on or wake it up. How do > people handle this? Or do people just wander around with their > information ready to hand for the first person who snatches their toy? > > There's a port of TrueCrypt and the GUI for all your transparent file-encryption needs. The device is intended to be always left on - a restart cycle costs you the equivalent of several days in sleep mode w.r.t. battery charge. -- Ryan Pavlik www.cleardefinition.com #282 + (442) - [X] A programmer started to cuss Because getting to sleep was a fuss As he lay there in bed Looping 'round in his head was: while(!asleep()) sheep++; _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
