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> > > > > On a notebook, there isn't an OS in existence that is immune |
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> > > > > to a LiveCD. |
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> > > > Linux is. In the sense that you can't get at the data if the |
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> > > > disc is encrypted, even not with a LiveCD. You can only |
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> > > > destroy/overwrite it. |
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> > > Yes, I realised that when typing the original, but left it as is |
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> > > - too many IF conditionals would be needed to be accurate and |
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> > > English is almost useless at getting IFs to parse correctly :-) |
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> > > Passwords come from a time when users had terminals that log |
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> > > onto machines that are somewhere else and the user can't lay a |
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> > > finger on them. Things have indeed changed since 1978 |
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> > Would the type of filesystem encryption you guys are talking about |
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> > be unsuitable for a high-traffic server because of performance |
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> > considerations? |
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> Yes, and it isn't necessary. You lock your servers away so that nobody |
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> has physical access to them. |
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Sounds like co-location right? I just have a hosted dedicated |
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machine. The thing that's always kept me from co-locating is hardware |
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failure. That would be a "my problem" in a co-located environment |
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rather than a "their problem" right? |
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- Grant |
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> It's only interesting for workstations, laptops and external storage |
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> devices. |
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> Uwe |
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