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> > > On a notebook, there isn't an OS in existence that is immune to a |
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> > > LiveCD. |
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> > Linux is. In the sense that you can't get at the data if the disc is |
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> > encrypted, even not with a LiveCD. You can only destroy/overwrite it. |
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> Yes, I realised that when typing the original, but left it as is - too |
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> many IF conditionals would be needed to be accurate and English is |
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> almost useless at getting IFs to parse correctly :-) |
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> Passwords come from a time when users had terminals that log onto |
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> machines that are somewhere else and the user can't lay a finger on |
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> them. Things have indeed changed since 1978 |
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Would the type of filesystem encryption you guys are talking about be |
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unsuitable for a high-traffic server because of performance |
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considerations? |
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- Grant |
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