AW: Encrypting data on fileserver

[Christian.Assfalg () bc boehringer-ingelheim com]

Hi,

I wonder what you want to achieve with encrypting the shares?

You can, depending on the OS, encrypt the data on the disks itself. This would be transparent to the clients, because 
the fileserver would decrypt the data. In effect, this would only protect the data against someone stealing your disk 
drives. I don't think this is an isue?

More interresting would probably be to encrypt the data over the network. I guess this should at least be possivle via 
ssh tunnel or so. This would protect the data against someone sniffing on your network.

However, I'd say that there are more serious threads if someone is sniffing on your network than unencrypted fileshares.

Greetings,
Christian Assfalg



-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Nick Vaernhoej [mailto:nick.vaernhoej () capitalcardservices com] 
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Mai 2006 18:59
An: security-basics () securityfocus com
Betreff: Encrypting data on fileserver


Hello

My question is about encryption.
Aside from encrypting emails with PGP a long time ago my experience is
very limited on this field.
I have been asked to find solutions for encrypting the shares of the
company fileserver and I am not even sure this is possible.
Can I somehow encrypt the contents of a fileserver and then install a
client on the company workstations so that all this is invisible to the
end users?

Thank you
Nick Vaernhoej