request: encryption support on file open/save

John jklar@projectplasma.com
Thu, 7 Sep 2000 10:04:43 -0400 (EDT)


> ... Which goes to imply, as far as I'm concerned, that people are
> getting a bit _too_ paranoid.

At my day job, we're doing our first Internet credit-card based
service.  Our motto is "Extreme Paranoia".  This was adopted before Visa
published thier 11 Commandments...

> If there were tools built to allow "script kiddies" to pull entertaining
> info out of swap, that would be one thing.

The subproject I'm interested in, Online Banking (specifically OFX)[1],
will need to at least be painfully aware of these security issues.

John