help us! to discover our own thesis problem

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  1. cyberterrorist08

    cyberterrorist08 Registered Member

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    Our thesis proposal is all about how to safeguard the files to be copy by the unauthorized entities, we already have discussed removing the floppy drives, disabling the usb ports but still there is something wrong on that, it will consume time to enable and disable the the ports and when we remove the floppy drives the data resides in the computer will not be transfer anymore. You are right that today we always shares everything through copying of files using external devices.


    thanks for your reply.

    looking forward for the positive response!

    cyberterrorist08
     
    cyberterrorist08, Jul 18, 2008
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  2. Peter2150

    Peter2150 Global Moderator

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    Hi Gregory

    First not sure I want to go the email route.

    I think there are two different issues.

    First copying by someone accessing the computer from the internet.

    Second is copying by someone sitting at the computer.

    In either case, I don't see it as a big issue.

    To protect something from the internet, a firewall keeps out certain stuff, and I use sandboxie for browsing, and email, and it effectively blocks access to the internet.

    In terms of someone sitting at the computer, if the files are in a Truecrypt container and properly password protected, they are pretty safe.

    Pete
     
    Peter2150, Jul 18, 2008
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