Password Feature

[Charles Day]

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Eric Anopolsky <erpo41 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 08:18 -0500, Ray Little wrote:
> > I disagree with you on the need for a password feature.  First, not
> > everyone uses Linux (it would be great if they did but that's another
> > argument).
> >
> > In your argument against a built-in password feature you mention how
> > you're not sure you could do it well.  However, I'm not under attack by
> > the Russians (or the Chinese).  I would like a much smaller measure of
> > protection.  I'm using a WinXP system in my office and it would be nice
> > to have a little something to keep the curious grandkids or guests at
> > bay when I step away from the computer.
>
> I agree that encrypting files via an OS feature has better computer geek
> aesthetic appeal than encrypting files via an application feature, but
> modern OSs don't make that very easy.
>
> For now, you might want to look Truecrypt for your encryption needs.
>

Truecrypt works well for me. Hopefully at some point we'll be able to
leverage the password protection that is built into an SQL database backend.


>
> Cheers,
> Eric
>
>
-Charles