Berger, Daniel wrote:
>  > Just to be malicious... what about someone using a linux boot 
> 
>>floppy to 
>>read your file without having root access? The obfuscation 
>>layer would 
>>be real nice then...
> 
> 
> Heh.  Of course, if someone with physical access to your machine is willing
> to go that far, couldn't they just reset the root password anyway?  Or
> reload the OS completely?  Or smash it with a sledgehammer?  I suppose if
> they wanted to be stealthy...

But the data stored in the database might be much more valuable than 
whatever you've got on the linux box, which might just be used as a dumb 
terminal running a thin client.

> If I ever *am* convinced to add it, I'd like to keep it simple, like ROT13
> or something.

Well, that would stop the likes of me, but...