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Posted by Ertugrul Soeylemez on February 15, 2007, 2:31 pm
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> > How secure is a Word document which has been encrypted using Word's
> > own encryption? I have tried simple things like changing the
> > document to ".txt" & opening it in notepad, and it's still a bunch
> > of random characters. Great, but how secure?
>
> Assuming that Sebastian is correct (and I have no reason not to) about
> the lack of security, why not create an encrypted container with
> something like TrueCrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org).
Sebastian is correct. But using TrueCrypt would probably be overkill
for a single passwords file. On the other hand, storing all useful data
onto an encrypted partition would make sense again, especially for a
laptop, so do that.
If you still want to encrypt single files, use GnuPG or something
similar. Do not rely on commercial software. They claim to be secure,
but in many cases, they're trivial to break.
Regards,
E.S.
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