There are other OS's appart from Linux Bryan, which though more exotic, are smaller and faster ;-)
On Jul 27, 3:32 pm, "Bryan Glancey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll be forced to politely disagree with Simon, as we have been able to > do Linux and make it small and fast. > > Of Course this fixes all of the device driver and network connection > issues he mentions. > > It's amazing what can be done when we set our mind to it. > > Of course since Simon hasn't implemented it like we have, the entire > last section is untrue and in accurate - But that is the experience that > comes with doing. > > Regards; > > Bryan > > ------------------------------------ > Mobile Armor > Bryan E. Glancey > Co - Founder & Chief Technology Officer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 400 South Woods Mill Rd. > Suite 110 > Chesterfield, MO 63017 > tel: 877-276-6778 > fax: 877-277-7369 > mobile: 314-495-2048http://www.mobilearmor.com/ > ------------------------------------ > > The information contained in this e-mail, including any files attached > to it, is intended only for the personal use of the designated recipient > and may contain PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL information and is exempt > from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this e-mail and > attachments is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any > dissemination, disclosure, distribution, printing, copying or the taking > of any action in reliance on this information is strictly prohibited. If > you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender > immediately by responding to this email or by calling our office at > (636) 449-0239. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of SafeBoot Simon > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 9:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [FDE] Best FDE-Product > > No, it's not linux based - we found Linux simply got too big when you > added all the stuff we needed. No, we don't load network drivers > (though we could) simply because we don't need them and to do so woud > open up exploits. Also, what drivers would you load anyway? There are > hundreds of different network cards.. Remember - we're trying to be > small and fast.. > > As for the dynamic RSA tokens - you probably realise they only work if > you have a network connection to an ACE server, so again, no. We > support things like the SID800 though which work stand alone. > > Imagine how hard it would be to support a user with a RSA C/R token > working in a hotel over a VPN. We'd need a network stack, card > drivers, probably a WIFI stack, VPN, web browser (to allow them to > sign into the hotel wifi network) plus the ACE software - might as > well just let them load windows and use SafeBoot Content Encryption > instead. > > On Jul 27, 1:40 am, Zac Folini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Let's start with performance though - most FDE products use > > > propriatary 16bit pre-boot OS's, SafeBoot uses a multi threaded > 32bit > > > OS, so naturally it's faster, > > > Is Safeboot pre-boot OS based on Linux or BSD? If so, does it load > network drivers? Can Safeboot use RSA dynamic token for authentication? > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ___-_________ > > Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel > today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 > > > _______________________________________________ > > FDE mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde > > _______________________________________________ > FDE mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED]://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde > > _______________________________________________ > FDE mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED]://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - _______________________________________________ FDE mailing list [email protected] http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde
