Two good ways to protect your data
With so many security flaw lying around the internet it is important that we as a user must learn new way to secure our data. We can no longer just simply rely on the internet browser to safe guard our info. Last year dec 2008 there are reports that Internet Explorer and Mozilla firefox has serious security flaws. By searching around the internet i found two free open source software which can safe guard your data and password.
TrueCrypt
TrueCrypt is a software system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted volume (data storage device). On-the-fly encryption means that data are automatically encrypted or decrypted right before they are loaded or saved, without any user intervention. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the correct password/keyfile(s) or correct encryption keys. Entire file system is encrypted (e.g., file names, folder names, contents of every file, free space, meta data, etc).
Main TrueCrypt Window
TrueCrypt Volume Creation Wizard – encryption/hash algorithms
KeePass
Today you need to remember many passwords. You need a password for the Windows network logon, your e-mail account, your homepage’s FTP password, online passwords (like website member account), etc. etc. etc. The list is endless. Also, you should use different passwords for each account. Because if you use only one password everywhere and someone gets this password you have a problem… A serious problem. The thief would have access to your e-mail account, homepage, etc. Unimaginable.
KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key file. So you only have to remember one single master password or select the key file to unlock the whole database. The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known (AES and Twofish).
Main Window
Entering the Password
Generating Random Numbers
Hope my this two simple way will help to enhance your overall data security.
