note crabbdean Hi [iburrell], I've already encrypted each key/value pair in the DB_File database using a 256 bit cipher. But I was discussing with my flatmate who works for the government doing cryptography and she said it would be wise to also encrypt the file. I'm trusting her judgement on that.<br><br> I attempted to unlink the file as suggested. Doesn't work as DB_File puts a lock on it. The temp file opens the vulnerability of leaving a decrypted version lying around which I would really like to avoid.<br><br> I'm unsure how to go about putting it onto a ramdisk. Can you suggest further on how to go about this?<br><br> Thanks for your help. <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-319416"> <br> [id://319416|Dean]<br> The Funkster of Mirth<br> <i><small>Programming these days takes more than a lone avenger with a compiler. - sam<br> [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt|RFC1149: A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers ]</i></small> </div></div> 374327 374336