securing R code....
On 10/26/20 7:17 AM, akshay kulkarni wrote:
dear members,
I am a stock trader. I am using R for my research.
I want to service my laptop, wherein resides all my R code, which, for obvious reasons, has to be secured. I am using Windows 7 Ultimate.
I cannot encrypt the R data by Bitdefender, as it encrypts the entire drive.
Use a file encryption program or create an an encrypted directory to store your sensitive files. Veracrypt is a widely used cross platform solution. I was under the impression that Windoze 7 was now inherently insecure because it is past end-of-maintenance life? and there are many unpatched security holes.
I anyway need to give the key when the system, if at all, gets locked when servicing. My cousin suggested backing up the data and deleting that data in the laptop when giving it for servicing. How do you back up the R data?
What is the file name that contains all the workspace in windows 7?
.Rdata
.RHistory only contains the previous commands. Can I delete only all the data/code without deleting the R GUI?
Yes. Many people recommend not using the .Rdata mechanism at all, and instead maintaining a record of how the session proceeded along with? a bundle of the input data or at least? those portions that were successful in your eyes.
The extreme option would be to delete the whole of installed R GUI, after backing up the workspace. Some other way to secure the data/code?
.Rdata is only a file. You could sorre it in encrypted form with Veracrypt.
I've tried using Backup and sync by google, but that is very cumbersome. Please help. thanking you, Yours sincerely, AKSHAY M KULKARNI snipped HTML [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
You should learn to post in plain text.
David.