Hello Paul, It was in an Apple article I came across regarding the hole disk encryption in Lion. It was discussing the different encryption schemes currently in use and the reasons for them. It pointed out that generally, the 128 bit encryption was in most cases and for most people just as good as 256 bit. I then came across another reference to the encryption scheme when reading about Lion Recovery and Encrypted drives. Both articles kind of inferred that FileVault 2 is 128 bit. Unfortunately, I didn't keep the info. HTH.
Dan On Sep 6, 2011, at 12:24 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Hi Dan, > Curious. How did you know that full Lion disk encryption is 128 bit? > On Sep 6, 2011, at 12:50 AM, Dan wrote: > >> Hello, >> I like the full disk Encryption in OS X 7. However, I also wish the end user >> could set it to 256 bit encryption instead of just 128 bit. >> Just my thoughts. >> >> Dan >> >> On Sep 5, 2011, at 3:21 PM, anouk radix wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Normally I let my systems start up automatically with noi password at all >>> but now with my new mac I have indeed setup a startup password AND >>> encryption. After a few minutes of non-use I have to enter that password >>> again. I feel very secure now even takingmy laptop along to other locations >>> and leaving it alone for a while. >>> What I like about the boot up process AFTER your drive is encrypted is, >>> that if you enter cmd+f5 you will hear a beep when your computer is ready >>> for input, you then hear a beep if its right and another beep if it is >>> wrong, also this goes for the password. Just experiment with it for >>> yourself its very niftily done. >>> I havent heard of anything like this being possible on a windows system and >>> while I did not use it before i got my mba, i like it a lot and it makes me >>> feel a lot more secure. >>> Greetings, Anouk, >>> Op 5-9-2011 17:59, Paul Erkens schreef: >>>> Hi all, >>>> Just passing on my experience with Lion's file vault. I thought it'd be >>>> difficult but it's not. Carefully read the dialogs and you're all set. No >>>> complicated setup. Encryption takes a while. Only thing you are going to >>>> sacrifice is a voice over supported log in. With encryption enabled, you >>>> will still get audible feedback though, and it is workable. I thought I'd >>>> give it a shot so I backed up securely and turned it on, but I don't think >>>> I'll revert back to normal. I don't notice any speed degradation, though >>>> it may be present. It just doesn't get in the way. Of course, if your full >>>> disk is encrypted, only avery small part of the os can be left >>>> unencrypted, so that's why you don't have voiceover at the login prompt. >>>> The prompt now comes very quickly, and the rest of the os is loaded after >>>> you enter valid credentials. >>>> Paul. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
