[mdlug] Password of DEATH

[Michael Mol]

Then you're back to an earlier point in the conversation: "Copies are
cheap; a copy destroyed is better than a copy leaked."

Or you could use certified mail, UPS or some other
appropriately-reliable parcel service.

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Brian Brodsky
<brianbrodsky at ameritech.net> wrote:
> And if it gets lost in the mail system?
>
> On 6/21/2012 11:35 AM, Michael Mol wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Garry Stahl <tesral at wowway.com> wrote:
>>> The general gist I'm getting is if you travel keep all data in the cloud
>>> (Yes I know what the cloud is)  and nothing but publically avaialable
>>> software on a cheap netbook.for travel.  If officially stolen it's a bog
>>> stadnard netbook with nothing of interest.
>>>
>>> If it is away from you for any length of time dump the hard drive and
>>> start over from a clean install.  Said clean install can be carred with
>>> you as a DVD and external drive to install it.  A DVD becasue they
>>> cannot be altered one fixed.   Flash drives can have stuff added.
>>>
>>> I wouild still use the idea of a bluetooth deadman and be very up front
>>> about it.  For anti theft reasons this netbook will self destruct
>>> without certain security measures present.  Thee is no data on the device.
>>>
>>> Even if they steal it from you, you walk into any electronics stone, get
>>> another on your corporate card and conduct your business.
>>>
>>> And yes, it is theft even if they have a badge and uniforms.
>>>
>> I had another idea a day or so ago.
>>
>> Go with the standard "encrypt the drive" approach. Don't use a key you
>> can remember; put it on a piece of paper. Before you cross the border,
>> take that piece of paper and mail it to yourself. After you've crossed
>> the border, pick it up.
>>
>> You can explain the entire thing clearly and honestly to whoever's
>> demanding the key. AFAIK (but IANAL), they need probable cause to come
>> back and demand the key after you've gotten home.
>>
>> (technical note: It may be saner to keep the main encryption key on
>> the computer, itself encrypted with another key. That way, you can
>> re-encrypt the main key using a different OTP any time you need to
>> cross another boundary...recrypting a 1M block would take a far
>> shorter time than an entire 160GB hard drive.)
>>
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