Best way to secure text info

[PB]

> what's so important that no-one else can read, yet you don't actually care if you can't read it?

Bank account details are one example. If you lose them, all you need to do
is call the bank to get the details back.

[GeoTrail]

Wow, that's a lot of replies.
Thanks to everyone for your feedback.
No ascii art of Hasselhoff hehehe

It's personal things, that I can get back if needed, like bank stuff, etc.

Was hoping to find a way to use it on a memory SD card.

[thefool]

My suggestions is to go use a great encryption.

AES whatever. No one will break it; keep the pw long enough and you are safe. Its really

I have quite a few textfiles containing passwords and registration info to programs, email accounts
and so on and simply created a New/Zipped folder in XP, copied the text files in there, and selected
File/Add Password to protect them.

now, utopimania, send me one and ill send you the unencrypted file 10 mins after

[GeoTrail]

thefool, I'm guessing your gonna use bruteforce to get the password of the archive?
I that case, with the passwords I now use, that would take you about 500 years hehehe ,)

[utopiomania]

http://www.utopiomania.com/gate/gatekeeper.html

password is: thefool

[stubbsi]

truecrypt is a great way to go.

i store all of my registrations in a hidden volume there, so that they are secure.

can even use it on flash drives as well - just follow the help

[thefool]

http://www.utopiomania.com/gate/gatekeeper.html

pw--> thefool

I cracked it. Now tell me the content's of trance.txt and i'll compare and see if its correct!

[utopiomania]

Ok, I'll post the first half of the text file:

Aquasky, Redout

Home » New Releases This Week » Disco/Nu Disco/Re-Edits vinyl records
MUDD, 54B, Summer In The Woods
Allen Tony, Moyage
D REN1, E-Mail
DISCOCONDUCTOR, Same old feeling

Funk/RareGroove/
A&R REWORKS, Rightplace wrong time

FIFTH DIMENSION The, If I could reach you

FUNKY MUSIC MACHINE, I can't help myself

HIDEFUMI Ino, what are you doing the rest..( of my life..)

Now, you post the rest of it to prove you cracked it

[thefool]

bah
Of course you can't just crack them. Currently there are no easy ways; its just a bruteforce.

Now to a more important question; what's safest, blowfish or twofish? Im looking at TrueCrypt and these 2 rank highest on speed..

[GeoTrail]

truecrypt is a great way to go.

i store all of my registrations in a hidden volume there, so that they are secure.

can even use it on flash drives as well - just follow the help

Do you know if it runs on Pocket PC as well?

[dell_jockey]

Hi GeoTrail,

if you decide to roll your own:

• - first compress your text; the compressed information will have a more even 1-bit and 0-bit distribution, i.e. more resemble white noise.
  - then use multiple encryption passes, each pass using a different algorithm
  - make sure you clear your temporary data structures as soon as possible, to reduce the chance that run-time monitoring the app will lead to a greater understanding of what you're doing
  - another idea: use data multiplexing. After compressing your data, split the byte sequence up into, say, four or five byte arrays (first byte in first array, second byte in second array, etc.). Encrypt each of these byte sequences individually, and write each of the encrypted sequences in a separate file. You might even consider storing these files in different locations/directories/volumes, whatever.

Hope this helps.

[GeoTrail]

Thanks for the tip dell_jockey.