Re: Newbie naive question, perhaps - - be kind

Tom McCune <news1@DELETE_THISmccune.cc> writes:
> PGP has already been mentioned, and does deserve real consideration.

Yes, this (along with GnuPG) is about the best-known of legitimate
file/email encryption programs.

> The PGP Virtual Disk is a large securely encrypted file that is mounted
> when you want to access its contents and use them just as you would any
> other files.

The trouble is that if the container gets corrupted, the repair person
has to deal with it just like with an unencrypted partition.

> And, of course, there is the secure public key encryption for email
> protection to anyone else with PGP, including patients/clients. You would
> need a commercial license, so would have to have a paid PGP version, but
> your clients/patients could use the PGP Freeware.

This is way too much hassle and patients/clients for the most part
would never put up with it. Use an SSL web server instead.
Received on Mon Oct 17 20:48:28 2005