Security/Encrypted documents

sarikan · 04-02-2009, 11:07 AM

Hi,
I apologize in advance if this has been discussed before. Do you think it would be possible to implement encrypted folders for dr1000s?
Solutions like truecrypt etc are very useful for me, and I'd love to see the same features on my dr1000s. Considering how it is introduced as a business user device, it is not surprising that users of this device have to read sensitive documents.
I have a couple of confidential docs which I'm not totally comfortable about, when it comes to reading them on my reader. Some of them would give me a lot of headache in case my reader gets lost/stolen etc.
Would it be feasable with the current processing power?

Kind regards
Seref

moraine · 04-06-2009, 07:31 AM

Hi Seref,
TC might be an option. It stands even a chance of getting true. The DR is a piece of hardware, that can be accessed. So that's the good news. If the DR has enough computational power and memory to make a TC-entrypted part possible, I don't know.

Imho it does not make sense, to me it seems just easier to remove the SD-card when the device is not used.

lg
Andy

tjdean256 · 04-06-2009, 11:06 AM

I know with windows that the disk must be formatted to NTFS if you want to protect a folder. The FAT32 format does not allow this feature.

moraine · 04-06-2009, 12:16 PM

tjdean, Seref did not think about folderencryption in the sense NTFS would do it, but mentioned truecrypt, which is largely independent of the hosting filesystem.

lg
Andy

sarikan · 04-07-2009, 05:44 PM

Hi there,
Yes I was referring to truecrypt, even something with much less strength would to the trick, I just don't want my files to be easily accessable.

Grimulkan · 04-07-2009, 08:04 PM

Can FBReader read off documents inside a zip/rar archive? I know the UDS can't. That would be ideal, you could just password protect the archive.

wallcraft · 04-07-2009, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grimulkan

Can FBReader read off documents inside a zip/rar archive?

Yes, but I don't think it will ask for a password before unziping.

Grimulkan · 04-07-2009, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wallcraft

Yes, but I don't think it will ask for a password before unziping.

I guess, unfortunately password protection is not really encryption, and relies on an *honor system* to work.

I take it this means FBReader does read off of archives?

04-02-2009, 11:07 AM	#1
sarikan Zealot Posts: 131 Karma: 34 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: none	Security/Encrypted documents Hi, I apologize in advance if this has been discussed before. Do you think it would be possible to implement encrypted folders for dr1000s? Solutions like truecrypt etc are very useful for me, and I'd love to see the same features on my dr1000s. Considering how it is introduced as a business user device, it is not surprising that users of this device have to read sensitive documents. I have a couple of confidential docs which I'm not totally comfortable about, when it comes to reading them on my reader. Some of them would give me a lot of headache in case my reader gets lost/stolen etc. Would it be feasable with the current processing power? Kind regards Seref

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04-06-2009, 07:31 AM	#2
moraine Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: none	Hi Seref, TC might be an option. It stands even a chance of getting true. The DR is a piece of hardware, that can be accessed. So that's the good news. If the DR has enough computational power and memory to make a TC-entrypted part possible, I don't know. Imho it does not make sense, to me it seems just easier to remove the SD-card when the device is not used. lg Andy

04-06-2009, 11:06 AM	#3
tjdean256 Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 70 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Louisiana Device: irex dr1000s; Pocket edge	I know with windows that the disk must be formatted to NTFS if you want to protect a folder. The FAT32 format does not allow this feature.

04-06-2009, 12:16 PM	#4
moraine Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: none	tjdean, Seref did not think about folderencryption in the sense NTFS would do it, but mentioned truecrypt, which is largely independent of the hosting filesystem. lg Andy

04-07-2009, 05:44 PM	#5
sarikan Zealot Posts: 131 Karma: 34 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: none	Hi there, Yes I was referring to truecrypt, even something with much less strength would to the trick, I just don't want my files to be easily accessable.

04-07-2009, 08:04 PM	#6
Grimulkan Lord Posts: 177 Karma: 328 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Q1 (on way out), PRS505, DR1000S (dead :<), TC1100 (10'' perfection!)	Can FBReader read off documents inside a zip/rar archive? I know the UDS can't. That would be ideal, you could just password protect the archive.

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