On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 08:38:09PM +0200, Maxim Vexler wrote: > On 11/26/05, Fredrik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, to hack a PC with physical access is easy. That is why i'm > > krypted my hd with blowfish-256 > > > > It will take thousands of years to hack :-) > > And would render data recovery in case of HD failure impossible. > I really don't think that for a regular home user block level hd > encryption is a good idea. > > That is unless you maintain a strict backup policy and use a raid1 / 5 > / 10 data duplication storage OR you really do have something to hide > ;)
Then you have to encrypt the backups... Meanwhile, disk level encryption provides no extra security while the machine is up, which is probably most of the time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]