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In my opinion, this is the best example yet since PGP of "cypherpunks writing code" because of the implications that this program has on privacy. (I'm using it to keep a personal space for my tax records, private correspondence, PGP dir, etc.), but Mike's suggestion for encrypting an entire BBS itself is a good point. What if *every* sysop encrypted their BBS with Secure Drive?

No more Steve Jackson Games cases. I hope this happens. Computer theft and unreasonable seizure is a real problem.

As far as I know, a system like SecureDrive, KFS, or CFS, is really only as secure as the running machine is. Generally, when a BBS is 'seized' (forfeited? ;), it is running when the feds get there. Right now, if they have any clue (and from what I hear, the FBI has much more of a clue than the SS when it comes to this type of investigation), they usually take pictures of the setup to make sure they can put the machine back together when they get it to wherever they are taking it to. If encrypting file-systems become a problem, a disk could be developed (probably pretty easily) to retrieve the key from memory before they power it down. andrew "Touch that keyboard and die!!"