-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 On 08/21/2006 02:59 PM, Mark H. Wood wrote: >>> 1). My roommate and I share a WinXP box. If I install GnuPG 1.4.5 on >>> it, would this represent a potential security concern? >> Your keyring would be stored in your personal home dir, if you have >> installed XP on a NTFS partition(i.e.: permissions are enabled) > > Assuming they spent the extra $100 for XP Professional rather than the > XP Toy^wHome edition that comes with most PCs (which has only the > protection-free VFAT). I had forgotten that distinction, I use Un*x. But I believe even the home version has NTFS support, not per-user/group permissions(maybe there was a tweak to enable them) nor EFS. - --
Q.E.D. War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength ICQ UIN: 301825501 OpenPGP key ID: 0x58D14EB3 Key fingerprint: 00B9 3E17 630F F2A7 FF96 DA6B AEE0 EC27 58D1 4EB3 Check fingerprints before trusting a key! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE6beCH+Dh0Dl5XacRAxjoAJ9zQ4Zsxh32UOI0vARDT/P5TjkI1ACeNEhk FehMNsIRMt0ACKuFw9Zjl7w= =uiJ8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
