What he really meant is that FDE is terribly cumbersome for laptop thieves who want to access sensitive data on the stolen machine.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ali, Saqib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 2:01 AM Subject: Re: [FDE] FDE and other myths; ESI >> http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/fy2006/m06-16.pdf >> FDE might be one (cumbersome) way to do that, but it's certainly not the >> only way. > > FDE cumbersome??? I have never found FDE to be cumbersome, and I have > been using FDE products for a long time. Can you please elaborate why > you think FDE solutions are cumbersome? > > In my opinion, both FDE and file/folder level encryption (including > encrypted vaults) have their place in the market. Full Disc Encryption > does NOT replace file / directory level encryption. This is a because > once the FDE drive boots up, all the data is available in a decrypted > format. So if a hacker is able to connect to laptop over network while > it is turned on, Full Disc Encryption will not help. However if the > individual files are encrypted, the attempt to steal data over network > by the hacker may be averted. > > One major benefit of FDE is that the decision to encrypt which files > and leave which files decrypted is not left up to the users. > Everything is encrypted by default. Thus it is "user proof". > _______________________________________________ > FDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde > _______________________________________________ FDE mailing list [email protected] http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde
