Re: List of Full Disc Encryption products

["Eric Furman" <ericfurman () fastmail net>]

On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 09:04:34 -0700, "Saqib Ali" <docbook.xml () gmail com>
said:
> With recent data thefts and government mandates, the importance of
> full disc encryption is being realized. Encrypting individual files or
> storing data in encrypted vaults does NOT meet the security
> requirements anymore. Corporation and Government institution want the
> whole HDD to be encrypted including the temporary files and swap

When are people going to stop learning the *wrong* lesson every time
some incident like this happens? The answer is *not* encryption.
Given physical access to a machine, even with full disk encryption,
I do not trust that the data cannot be retrieved somehow.
The real answer is sensitive data should not ever ever ever be on
a machine that is not fully physically secure all the time.
I'm tired of these nonsense disk encryption discussions.
Disk encryption is *not* mature technology, no matter what
some vendor might tell you. It puts your data at risk and gives
you a false sense of security.
If some disk encryption 'experts', disagree, then flame on.
I'll stick with physical security.
-- 
  Eric Furman
  ericfurman () fastmail net


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