Encryption with Portable Version

jamal · Post by **jamal** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:00 pm

AES256 Strong encryption is a welcome feature in version 4. It complements the portable version for installing MyInfo on a USB stick without worries. I am assuming that both the content and the index are encrypted using strong encryption, and if the USB stick is lost, any encrypted topics, if protected by a long enough password, cannot be practically cracked.

It would be nice to make the default behavior for an encrypted topic to hide itself at initial start up. Currently the default behavior is that the [encrypted] topic will try to show itself up and prompt for a password.

Post by **Petko** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:29 pm

Jamal, you are right - both contents and index are encrypted. The option you propose will be considered for the next versions.

jamal · Post by **jamal** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:15 pm

Thank you Petko. I'll be looking forward to that option in the coming versions. Until then, to ensure that an encrypted topic won't show up at the start up, one can explicitly close the topic before exiting MyInfo.

jamal · Post by **jamal** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:09 am

It would be nice to make the default behavior for an encrypted topic to hide itself at initial start up. Currently the default behavior is that the [encrypted] topic will try to show itself up and prompt for a password.

The option you propose will be considered for the next versions.

Petko, this has not yet been addressed.

More specifically, if an encrypted topic was not explicitely closed in the previous session, it automatically comes up and prompts for password at start-up next time. It would be more appropriate to turn-off this behavior for encrypted topics so that they remain hidden until the user brings it up manually and logs in.

Post by **Petko** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:42 pm

The option will be included in the next release.

jamal · Post by **jamal** » Sun May 31, 2009 6:18 pm

Petko, thanks for implementing this option in version 4.25.

manola · Post by **manola** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:57 am

Currently the default behavior is that the [encrypted] topic will try to show itself up and prompt for a password.
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jamal · Post by **jamal** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:48 am

In version 4.25 an option is available under Tools -> Options -> Startup to "skip password protected topics at startup." If you are saying that the default behavior should be "skip & hide" to begin with, I do agree with you philosophically.. but the option works and does the job once you turn it on.