Re: Product request - Enterprise whole disk encryption for laptops

[Roger Safian <r-safian () NORTHWESTERN EDU>]

At 11:44 AM 7/15/2006, Valdis Kletnieks put fingers to keyboard and wrote:
> These need to be *seriously* considered when contemplating desktop/laptop
> encryption - I've seen all too many sites totally fail to understand this...

So here's my question.

I always considered encryption an exercise in risk management.
The risk I am trying to prevent is that the theft of a
computer will expose the data to the casual criminal.  I
assume that someone serious about cracking the encrypted
files will simply resort to other, and much more effective
methods of ascertaining the correct passphrase.  So my
question is this, just how long could I expect a passphrase,
of at least 16 characters, composed on ONLY alpha-numeric
characters, to withstand the attack?




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