Originally posted by Kzin


I can't find the emoticon for "I disagree strongly" but I've gotta tell you cafeenman - its MUCH easier for someone to kick your front door down and beat you until you give them your secrets than to break something like blowfish - a publically tested and analysed 128-bit code designed by a top rank cryptographer.

I think its the cryptographer Ross Anderson who coins the phrase 'forced key' for this rubber hose technique.
I see what you mean, and I don't disagree with that in a real world sense. But if my computer isn't hooked up to anything, then nobody is going to break into my Microsoft Money file unless I let them use my computer. I do believe that good encryption is stronger than network security, so I was really speaking hypothetically.

Anyway, I never did get an answer about the memory thing. Is this something I should be worried about and take into account?