Kelly Martin, 2006-03-21
File and disk encryption needs to be simple and easy if it's going to be used. This article looks at Apple's FileVault and takes a sneak peak at what's coming in Windows Vista.
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Encryption for the masses
2006-03-22
Scott Ramsdell (3 replies)
Scott Ramsdell (3 replies)
Windows does have the ability to encrypt your home folder, you simply enable EFS on your home folder. It's that easy.
Encrypting a drive offers no security when someone has physical access to the machine. Why? Because the encryption key itself cannot be encrypted, it has to be on the disk some...
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Encrypting a drive offers no security when someone has physical access to the machine. Why? Because the encryption key itself cannot be encrypted, it has to be on the disk some...
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Re: Encryption for the masses
2006-03-22
William
William
"Encrypting a drive offers no security when someone has physical access to the machine. Why? Because the encryption key itself cannot be encrypted, it has to be on the disk some..."
Not quite true-- most key-based encryption systems DO encrypt the keys locally, and use a (usually smaller) passwor...
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Not quite true-- most key-based encryption systems DO encrypt the keys locally, and use a (usually smaller) passwor...
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Re: Encryption for the masses
2006-03-23
Anonymous (2 replies)
Anonymous (2 replies)
I am by far no expert in this field, but according to the makers of TrueCrypt (www.truecrypt.org), the key is NOT stored on the disk. So if you use a good strong password (who uses weak passwords these days?) then the attacker will not be able to gain access to your encrypted partition/drive.
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Re: Encryption for the masses
2006-03-23
J (1 replies)
J (1 replies)
>>>Windows does have the ability to encrypt your home folder, you simply enable EFS on your home folder. It's that easy. <<<
You're ignoring the fact that 99 out of a 100 typical Windows users wouldn't know where to find it in the first place......
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You're ignoring the fact that 99 out of a 100 typical Windows users wouldn't know where to find it in the first place......
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Re: Re: Encryption for the masses
2006-03-25
Anonymous
Anonymous
First, EFS is not available in XP Home.
Those few who use XP Pro at home, sometimes have grief when they reinstall the OS and all their precious encrypted files turn from gold to crap.
Microsoft faulted that you're not prompted to export the recovery key when you enable encryption....
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Those few who use XP Pro at home, sometimes have grief when they reinstall the OS and all their precious encrypted files turn from gold to crap.
Microsoft faulted that you're not prompted to export the recovery key when you enable encryption....
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