Password protection?

[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

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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
>