5th Amendment case in Vermont. Computer passwords and child porn

[CCinPA]

I just spoke with my computer consultant who is probably the most leading expert in computer security and the reason I make this claim is due to the types of Government work he does as a contract consultant to them.

Anyway his recommendation was TrueCrypt by far being a very good encryption program. He did say that you can download the already compiled EXE from their site and most likely it is fine but if you wish to be more safe then to compile the source code (I am not a computer expert but what he said was something to that extent)

Anyway he has already taken these steps and is going to supply me with his copy.

So I have 100% faith in what he tell me because he is probably one of the top 100 or better in the country when it comes to computer security.

As he said though you are most likely fine with the exe download from their site and to compile the source code is just an additional step if you want to as he said it "go over the top".

[ChamberedRound]

Originally Posted by sjl127

Your computer hard drive can be considered as an extension of your own mind.

I use the iron key, check it out, http://www.ironkey.com

I've been eyeing the IronKey for awhile, but they still don't have OS X support yet

[CCinPA]

Originally Posted by ChamberedRound

I've been eyeing the IronKey for awhile, but they still don't have OS X support yet

Check out TrueCrypt, I don't know about OS X but it is available for linix and thats what OS X is based on.

[ChamberedRound]

Originally Posted by CCinPA

Check out TrueCrypt, I don't know about OS X but it is available for linix and thats what OS X is based on.

I'll check out TrueCrypt, but to make a small correction, OS X is NOT based on Linux. OS X is based on the Darwin xnu kernel, which is a derivation of BSD Unix, not Linux.

[netw0rkpenguin]

Originally Posted by CCinPA

I just spoke with my computer consultant who is probably the most leading expert in computer security and the reason I make this claim is due to the types of Government work he does as a contract consultant to them.

Anyway his recommendation was TrueCrypt by far being a very good encryption program. He did say that you can download the already compiled EXE from their site and most likely it is fine but if you wish to be more safe then to compile the source code (I am not a computer expert but what he said was something to that extent)

Anyway he has already taken these steps and is going to supply me with his copy.

So I have 100% faith in what he tell me because he is probably one of the top 100 or better in the country when it comes to computer security.

As he said though you are most likely fine with the exe download from their site and to compile the source code is just an additional step if you want to as he said it "go over the top".

Good. I a network security consultant as well. At the current iteration the business card reads ethical hacker but its all the same job. Based on what you said he might work for same company I do or one of our competitors. Some of the BIG players are E&Y, British Telecom (they bought 3 of the previous companies I worked for before), Protiviti.

[CCinPA]

Originally Posted by netw0rkpenguin

Good. I a network security consultant as well. At the current iteration the business card reads ethical hacker but its all the same job. Based on what you said he might work for same company I do or one of our competitors. Some of the BIG players are E&Y, British Telecom (they bought 3 of the previous companies I worked for before), Protiviti.

He is self employed and I know he is involved with US DOD and from what I understand from my lay knowledge is they even use their own government internet like system. He does other Government work along with some securities companies what are high security requirements but he is a great fellow. He is very honest, down to earth and a straight forward kind of guy. They type that is willing to be helpful but at the same time wont give you a bunch a bullshit to make him look like he knows something when infact he doesnt know that particular thing.

[netw0rkpenguin]

Originally Posted by CCinPA

He is self employed and I know he is involved with US DOD

Very many organizations are, everything from IPS deployments to forensics. Raytheon is getting some good $$$$$$$$ contracts.

Originally Posted by CCinPA

they even use their own government internet like system.

Yep, SIPRNET (secret IP routing network) which replaced ARPANET.

Originally Posted by CCinPA

He does other Government work along with some securities companies what are high security requirements but he is a great fellow.

Sounds like many other security consultants I worked with.

Being independent is too much work. I went back to letting someone else manage the paperwork and HR bullshit.

[fultonCoShooter]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...011503663.html

[mjf]

Originally Posted by fultonCoShooter

Orin S. Kerr, an expert in computer crime law at George Washington University, said that Boucher lost his Fifth Amendment privilege when he admitted that it was his computer and that he stored images in the encrypted part of the hard drive.

Hold on, since when did the fifth amendment become a privilege?

[sjl127]

Write the editor and rip him a new one for allowing that.