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On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Grant wrote: |
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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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It's only interesting for workstations, laptops and external storage |
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devices. |
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Uwe |
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Informal Linux Group Namibia: |
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http://www.linux.org.na/ |
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SysEx (Pty) Ltd.: |
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http://www.SysEx.com.na/ |
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