Full Disk Encryption Survey

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Full Disk Encryption Survey Saqib Ali 07-09-2007
Posted by Ari on July 24, 2007, 11:25 am
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On 23 Jul 2007 09:08:45 GMT, Juergen Nieveler wrote:

>
>>> 10. Overall Functionality
>>
>> Truecrypt
>
> Except that we're talking about FULL disk encryption
>
> Juergen Nieveler

In-excluding OS?

Posted by Juergen Nieveler on July 24, 2007, 3:12 pm
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>>> Truecrypt
>>
>> Except that we're talking about FULL disk encryption
>>
>
> In-excluding OS?

Excluding the OS is a bad idea IMHO.

It is often argued that encrypting known files is bad because of known-
plaintext-attacks, however not encrypting the system partition allows
an attacker to inject files while the machine is not running.

Simply mount the HD on another machine, put the files onto the disk,
and make sure that the files are run on startup by putting a link into
the startup-folder of the user profile.

Juergen Nieveler
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Life is a sexually transmitted and terminal disease

Posted by Ari on July 24, 2007, 9:58 pm
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On 24 Jul 2007 19:12:49 GMT, Juergen Nieveler wrote:

>
>>>> Truecrypt
>>>
>>> Except that we're talking about FULL disk encryption
>>>
>>
>> In-excluding OS?
>
> Excluding the OS is a bad idea IMHO.
>
> It is often argued that encrypting known files is bad because of known-
> plaintext-attacks, however not encrypting the system partition allows
> an attacker to inject files while the machine is not running.

Fair enough.

> Simply mount the HD on another machine, put the files onto the disk,
> and make sure that the files are run on startup by putting a link into
> the startup-folder of the user profile.
>
> Juergen Nieveler

Please repeat, I missed the point, Thx for the info.

Posted by SafeBoot Simon on July 25, 2007, 9:23 am
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I hate to blow my own trumpet but have you thought about SafeBoot
(www.safeboot.com)?

In my biased opinion it works better than the other products you're
looking at - for only 20 machines you'll not need some of the more
advanced stuff like AD integration, webhelpdesk etc, but you might
find those features technically interesting.

S.

> On 24 Jul 2007 19:12:49 GMT, Juergen Nieveler wrote:
>
>
> >>>> Truecrypt
>
> >>> Except that we're talking about FULL disk encryption
>
> >> In-excluding OS?
>
> > Excluding the OS is a bad idea IMHO.
>
> > It is often argued that encrypting known files is bad because of known-
> > plaintext-attacks, however not encrypting the system partition allows
> > an attacker to inject files while the machine is not running.
>
> Fair enough.
>
> > Simply mount the HD on another machine, put the files onto the disk,
> > and make sure that the files are run on startup by putting a link into
> > the startup-folder of the user profile.
>
> > Juergen Nieveler
>
> Please repeat, I missed the point, Thx for the info.



Posted by Ari on July 25, 2007, 11:56 am
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On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:23:22 -0000, SafeBoot Simon wrote:

> I hate to blow my own trumpet but

You really don't hate too?

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