Password protection?

[Donald Allen]

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:38 PM, René Brandenburger
<rene at brandenburger.lu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> syncing is meant in the context of rafferty's mail, where he asks about
> truecrypt and tools like GetDropbox, where you only can get a correct
> synchronization of the truecrypt container file to the remote computer
> if the truecrypt volume is unmounted.

I can believe that the contents of the virtual encrypted disk might
not be written out if it is not unmounted. What puzzled me was your
statement that the container file needed to be sync'ed after
unmounting the virtual disk.

/Don

>
> regards
>
> rene
>
>
> Am Montag, den 05.01.2009, 15:32 -0500 schrieb Donald Allen:
>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:11 PM, charles dandridge
>> <crdandridge1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Can you explain this a little further?  This may explain why I've been
>> > putting in transactions only to find out when I log back in the next time
>> > the transactions are gone.  I too am using a virtual encrypted disk with
>> > TrueCrypt.
>>
>> The statement about needing to sync the container file after
>> unmounting the virtual disk does not make sense to me, I'm afraid. So
>> long as the filesystem in which the container file resides remains
>> mounted, you will see the latest contents of the container file,
>> sync'ed or not sync'ed (sync'ing means writing the "dirty" pages in
>> the buffer cache out to the disk). And if you shut the system down
>> properly, anything that hasn't been sync'ed will be, as the
>> filesystems are unmounted.
>>
>> Perhaps I misunderstood what Rene meant, but I strongly believe the
>> above to be correct.
>>
>> /Don
>>
>> >
>> >  Thanks
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:00 PM, René Brandenburger
>> > <rene at brandenburger.lu>wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> if You are using the TrueCrypt solution with a virtual encrypted disk
>> >> within a file, You just have to make sure the container file is synced
>> >> after you unmount the disk.
>> >>
>> >> regards
>> >>
>> >> rene
>> >>
>> >> Am Montag, den 05.01.2009, 09:27 +0800 schrieb Rafferty Uy:
>> >> > TrueCrypt looks nice. Does anyone here use TrueCrypt or any other
>> >> security
>> >> > protection style together with files-sync online tools like GetDropbox,
>> >> > Syncplicity, Live Mesh, etc?
>> >> >
>> >> > Re. the log-in security solution:
>> >> > Though I agree that each family member should have their own log-in, not
>> >> > everyone logs out often. Sometimes we leave the computer on for some
>> >> > downloads, etc. Also, sometimes a friend comes and uses the computer. So
>> >> > log-in solutions does not always work.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Rafferty D. Uy
>> >> > Software Engineer @ ease solutions Pte. Ltd.
>> >> > MBA Student @ National University of Singapore
>> >> >
>> >> > "Business is a game, the greatest game in the world if you know how to
>> >> play
>> >> > it."
>> >> > ~ Thomas J Watson (Founder of IBM)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Manfred Usselmann <
>> >> > usselmann.m at icg-online.de> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > Hi,
>> >> > >
>> >> > > "Rafferty Uy" <rafferty.uy at gmail.com> schrieb am Sun, 4 Jan 2009
>> >> > > 16:58:52 +0800:
>> >> > >
>> >> > > > I'm just wondering if GnuCash now has a password protect feature, and
>> >> > > > if so, where?
>> >> > > > *(I did make a some searches and found reasons why it will not be
>> >> > > > implemented...
>> >> > >
>> >> > > And the reasons are still valid...
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > > but the threads I found was many years back, maybe
>> >> > > > there's a solution now)*
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > If it still does not have a password protect feature, may I ask how
>> >> > > > you protect your data? I'm a simple home user with a windows log-in
>> >> > > > account used by the entire family... so I can't rely on any windows
>> >> > > > log-in method to secure my data.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > I suggest you use TrueCrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/) and put your
>> >> > > data on a virtual encrypted disk within a file.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > This would also secure all the backup and log files which are
>> >> > > automatically generated within the same folder where you store your
>> >> > > main GnuCash data file.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Or put your data on an USB stick etc. which you can take with you.
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > > Thanks!
>> >> > > >
>> >> > > > Rafferty D. Uy
>> >> > > > Software Engineer @ ease solutions Pte. Ltd.
>> >> > > > MBA Student @ National University of Singapore
>> >> > >
>> >> > > HTH,
>> >> > > Manfred
>> >> > >
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