Password protection?

René Brandenburger rene at brandenburger.lu
Mon Jan 5 21:38:28 EST 2009


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.

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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