[NTLUG:Discuss] OT? security comparsion

[Neil Aggarwal]

Terry:

Using your analogy, I think it is like putting the key in an envelope,
writing the word "Key" on the outside, and leaving it on top of the doormat.

Anyone that is looking will have full access to whatever you are sending.

If they are looking the in the first place, they have some mischeivious
or malicious intent.

	Neil 


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From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On Behalf
Of Terry
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:50 PM
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On 11/15/05, Neil Aggarwal <neil at jammconsulting.com> wrote:
> Terry:
>
> How does that add security?
> Someone can just unzip the file.
>
>         Neil

It's not a high level of security by any means, but it's better than
just straight text in the body of an email that you can see in the
packets as they  travel across the Internet.

It's kind of like leaving the key under the door mat vs leaving the 
key hanging out of the door knob.  Someone just walking passed the
house will see the key in the door knob but they won't see it if it's
under the door mat.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On
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> Of Terry
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 6:08 PM
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> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] OT? security comparsion
>
> On 11/15/05, m m <llliiilll at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All:
> >
> > A lot of security experts say sending important on the internet is not a
> > good idea.
> > It is true. But a lot of advantages make people willing to send
importand
> > information over internet.
> > Pay by credit card online is one of the example.
>
> Probably the easiest measure you can take is just write to a text file
> and then compress it and send as attached .gz or .zip  file.   I
> usually use .zip
> i.e.
>    edit file.txt
>    [my sentitive information, passwords etc.]
>    zip file.zip file.txt
>
> Send file.zip as attached file.
>
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