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Re: New Laptop Polices
From: "Todd Vierling" <tv () pobox com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 10:44:33 -0400
On 8/11/06, Christopher L. Morrow <christopher.morrow () verizonbusiness com> wrote:
> It's also a great time to plant some file that POOF the authorities > will decrypt & show it's kiddie porn. {Or just hide same in your > browser cache.} Do YOU know what every frigging file on your > machine is? and here I was thinking: "Quick! buy stock in whole disk encryption software makers!"
Any laptop NOT using full disk encryption from the moment of boot-up is begging for trouble. As has been pointed out many times, laptops DO get lost, and not just in airline facilities. This can be accomplished with just about any OS. Some require loading an OS kernel first with a custom ramdisk or mini-partition to kick off the encrypted disk driver; others can use off the shelf products designed expressly for this purpose. The only thing that bugs most people about full disk encryption is that it often doesn't support "hibernation" -- but if the hardware has a standby power save mode that is low enough on power consumption (S3 or similar), that shouldn't be a problem. -- -- Todd Vierling <tv () duh org> <tv () pobox com> <todd () vierling name>
Current thread:
- Re: New Laptop Polices, (continued)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Joseph S D Yao (Aug 11)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. (Aug 11)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Jim Popovitch (Aug 11)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. (Aug 11)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Joseph S D Yao (Aug 11)
- Re: New Laptop Polices joelja (Aug 11)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Patrick W. Gilmore (Aug 12)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Michael Nicks (Aug 12)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. (Aug 12)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Rusty Dekema (Aug 11)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Todd Vierling (Aug 12)
- Re: New Laptop Polices joe mcguckin (Aug 13)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. (Aug 13)
- RE: New Laptop Polices Scott Morris (Aug 13)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. (Aug 13)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Roland Perry (Aug 14)
- RE: New Laptop Polices Ben Butler (Aug 14)
- Re: New Laptop Polices Marshall Eubanks (Aug 12)