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Re: Q: Does an "on screen keyboard" exist for *nix?



There has to be some, the Linux on handhelds uses on-screen keyboards. 
If you can't find a full program, you could goto handhelds.org and get
the source from either familiar or intamate. And then just port it over

Wayne



On Wed, 2001-12-12 at 15:08, Andreas Maresch wrote:
> Hallo there!
> 
> I want to create a _very_ secure environment (in my case: an encrypted disk to store all my passwords. The creation of a encrypted disk is very easy. But i miss a secure way to enter the password).
> Since key loggers become more and  more common passwords typed in via keyboards are no longer save.
> The least expensive and easiest way to circumvent such key loggers would be to display a keyboard on the screen (with a random key map, for the case that the mouse events are logged) and enter your password via the mouse.
> There is a similar tool in Windows (intended for disabled people), but it doesn t support random key maps (disabled people usually have no use for random key maps).
> 
> I would prefer a program that works from the shell (to combine it via pipes with other programs). But even a solution under X/KDE would be nice (at least it is a point to start from).
> 
> Greetingz
> 
> Andreas Maresch
> 
> 
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> The question is: "Am I paranoid enough?".
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