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Re: Product request - Enterprise whole disk encryption for laptops


From: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () UTC EDU>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:53:48 -0400

Valdis Kletnieks wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:14:15 CDT, Roger Safian said:

Absolutely.  FWIW, if you're looking to be squirlly on the
notification, I haven't seen any of the privacy/notification
laws that really spell out what encryption is.  Those that mention
it, often give an out on notification if you are using encryption.

Unfortunately, Adobe v. Skylarov (or was it v. Elcomsoft and Skylarov only
got caught in the middle?) set a precedent that rot-13 was "encryption",
at least for DMCA purposes.  Blech.

Or it is really encrypted on the laptop, but the passphrase is taped to the bottom, or the certificate is on the USB 
thumb drive still plugged in, or the two-factor smart card is left in the laptop case, or... you get the idea.


Jeff

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