X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <61f6f4390512061320s512a55e8n84f27e486db0596@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:20:48 -0500 From: Jim Drash To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: encoding scripts (so that user can't see passwords easily)? In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <4392D119.7080409@wpkg.org> <20051204173646.GA28855@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <7ff9c2a10512060949l72e9693bv251e0d46c36ea0e0@mail.gmail.com> <4395E827.4070804@wpkg.org> <61f6f4390512061158o5a2ef71by6e1a419c8e6499b3@mail.gmail.com> <20051206140214.A4275@reliant.immure.com> <4395F187.2020908@wpkg.org> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id jB6LKucR022336 If someone can get physical access to the disk, then there is not a single thing you can do to stop someone who is: 1) Knowledgeable 2) Determined 3) has time 4) is a criminal Nothing can stop them, The best you can do is slow them down, know that it is happening maybe while it is happening or worst case shortly thereafter. Security is not a "thing" it is a process that balances risk / reward, cost / benefit -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/