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Re: Documents that you wish you'd kept

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Originally Posted by JetBlast (Post 8645310)

Hi,

I work in IT & IT Security. When you login to your FTP the username and password is sent in clear text. So anyone monitoring the connection will be able to see this username and password. You will be surprised about how many organizations your connection to get to your FTP site. If they wanted they could login and get your documents. Also if anyone dodgy who works at the hosting provider might be able to see your documents.

If i was you i would create an encrypted container file. That way they cannot get at the files should they get into your FTP site. I would use TrueCrypt it is free & a good product. This is the website http://www.truecrypt.org/ - Here are some documents on how to use it. - http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=tutorial

Anyway if you want to know anything please don't hesitate to PM me :)

Ah yes, I used the term FTP very loosely. We connect via https and not FTP.

Thanks for the links. I'll have a look.

Re: Documents that you wish you'd kept

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Originally Posted by Kingseat (Post 8645269)

Not us directly as the MIL is still alive plus I have a brother but we wrote to John Howard at the time outlining a few things and immigration replied stating that S, E, I & W were treated as separate countries. I posted that on here a good while ago now but was told I was fibbing! Just wished I'd kept it so everyone could see!

Funny that how outside of the UK S, E, I & W are frequently seen as completely separate countries. In my early days in South Africa (early 80's) I often encountered people who stated that they disliked the English inferring that I was a member of the group that they'd decided they disliked. Having been raised in Wales and not yet used to being labeled as English I quickly retorted that I wasn't English but Welsh. More often than not their response was one of "oh sorry, I thought you were English - that's okay then". The acquaintenceship was always warmer from then on so it clearly made a difference to them :blink:.

These days being older - and I think more chilled out, and having now spent the majority of my life in England I don't think I would protest against being regarded as English. But then I don't particularly feel Welsh or English or South African either :unsure:. British Yes :thumbup: ...but definately not European! <grrrr> :thumbdown: