On Wed, February 20, 2008 11:12 pm, Tyrion wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: >> I find that last interesting. I had assumed that an encrypted HD would >> give one the option at least of having password/passphrase protection. >> Otherwise, what's the use? >> >> "compromised" and "taken as evidence" are the options in my mind. >> >> > > You are correct, if you have an encrypted drive, you have to use the > passphrase to mount it, therefore, it is safe if "taken as evidence" > However, if it's online and the system is hacked, the encrypted > filesystem won't help much because it's already mounted. > > As to your original question, could you encrypt the data before storing > it in the database? That would solve any issues involved with multiple > databases and outside encryption. >
Actually, that wasn't my original question ... but you've (all) answered it, so thanks. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
