[moneydance] encryption methods, password protection methods?

[Robert Winter]

Hi,
I'm posting a question I asked in the forums two days ago; I'm sorry if I'm
bending the rules of etiquette, but I'd like to bump this up to a higher
level of attention since it impacts my decision of whether to convert to
Moneydance or not and I'd like to move forward this weekend if possible (I
recognize that I may not get an answer before Monday sometime.)

Here is my question in the forum:

Hi, I just started using MD 2008, but I have not setup online banking yet.
My hesitation is that I don't see any explanation of whether or not MD
stores my various bank passwords, and if so, how it is protected. This
information is not anywhere easily found with google searches such as:
`site:moneydance.com protection encryption`

Do I enter a particular bank's password each time I need it? Are passwords
securely wiped from MoneyDance after use? I see that I can encrypt my entire
datafile. What is the encryption method? I presume such encryption protects
any recorded bank passwords, but what if I don't encrypt the moneydance data
file?

I think I'm being understandably cautious with this new program and I'm
surprised it has not been discussed much in the forums.

-R


Here is a link to the forum post:
http://moneydance.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1212618831