On Tue, May 2, 2006 10:05, Benno wrote:
> On Tue May 02, 2006 at 09:46:58 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> I just really doubt that a feature which is so difficult to use and
> can mean losing all you data if you forget a key or password is going
> to be enabled by default for home PCs -- of cou
Benno wrote:
> I'll buy you a beer
Cool. I look forward to it.
> Is it that bad if people are running Linux inside a virtual machine
> running on windows anyway?
I don't mind if they can. I do mind of thats the only way of having
Linux and 'doze running on the same machine.
> But I guess that
On Tue May 02, 2006 at 09:46:58 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
>Benno wrote:
>
>> But Bitlocker is a piece of software you have to first install and
>> then turn on, not something that comes installed and enabled on the
>> machine when you buy it.
>
>The vast majority of machines sold in the wes
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 09:32:08AM +1000, Benno wrote:
> There is no reason I can see, in theory, why you couldn't
>
> 1/ Turn off TPM boot
> 2/ Install linux
> 3/ Turn TPM back on checksum-ing the new bootloader.
>
> But yeah, I have only really had a brief look at the TPM
> documentation, it m
Benno wrote:
> But Bitlocker is a piece of software you have to first install and
> then turn on, not something that comes installed and enabled on the
> machine when you buy it.
The vast majority of machines sold in the western world come with
windows pre-installed.
> There is no reason I can s
On Mon May 01, 2006 at 22:46:12 +0930, Glen Turner wrote:
>Benno wrote:
>
>>BitLocker is software. It uses the TPM hardware to verify the boot
>>process. (I'm trying to get more information on that.)
>
>Hi Benno,
>
>Verifying the boot process is exactly the problem.
>
>Let's buy a machine, say it
On Monday 01 May 2006 23:16, Glen Turner wrote:
> Let's buy a machine, say it comes with Windows installed and
> the "bitlocked" feature on.
It seems almost certain that Bitlocker will behave as you state, though the
documentation is unclear whether the boot loader is part of the Bitlocker
che
Benno wrote:
BitLocker is software. It uses the TPM hardware to verify the boot
process. (I'm trying to get more information on that.)
Hi Benno,
Verifying the boot process is exactly the problem.
Let's buy a machine, say it comes with Windows installed and
the "bitlocked" feature on.
Now le
On Sat Apr 29, 2006 at 14:20:28 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Benno:
>> On Fri Apr 28, 2006 at 20:18:15 +1000, Malcolm V wrote:
>> >On Friday 28 April 2006 19:55, Adam Bogacki wrote:
>> >
>> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/27/schneier_infosec/
>
>Getting back to the topic, I believe that
On Sat, April 29, 2006 14:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Benno:
>> On Fri Apr 28, 2006 at 20:18:15 +1000, Malcolm V wrote:
>> >On Friday 28 April 2006 19:55, Adam Bogacki wrote:
>> >
>> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/27/schneier_infosec/
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Benno:
> On Fri Apr 28, 2006 at 20:18:15 +1000, Malcolm V wrote:
> >On Friday 28 April 2006 19:55, Adam Bogacki wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/27/schneier_infosec/
> >
> >Call me cynical (or stupid), but software cannot offer hard
On Fri Apr 28, 2006 at 20:39:36 +1000, Kevin Saenz wrote:
>There is an indepth article that states that it will be impossible to
>install linux on a machine that has vista on it.
Where? This seems like FUD.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/security/bittech.mspx
talks about lock the
On Fri Apr 28, 2006 at 20:18:15 +1000, Malcolm V wrote:
>On Friday 28 April 2006 19:55, Adam Bogacki wrote:
>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/27/schneier_infosec/
>
>Call me cynical (or stupid), but software cannot offer hardware based
>encryption. Sure, a piece of software can make use of
On Fri Apr 28, 2006 at 20:42:59 +1000, Kevin Saenz wrote:
>also the article states
>
>This encryption technology also has the effect of frustrating the
>exchange of data needed in a dual boot system. "You could look at
>BitLocker as anti-Linux because it frustrates dual boot," Schneier told
>El
also the article states
This encryption technology also has the effect of frustrating the
exchange of data needed in a dual boot system. "You could look at
BitLocker as anti-Linux because it frustrates dual boot," Schneier told
El Reg.
On Fri Apr 28, 2006 at 20:09:25 +1000, Kevin Saenz wrote:
There is an indepth article that states that it will be impossible to
install linux on a machine that has vista on it.
I'm wondering how they plan to do that? Are they going to encrypt the
MBR? I think this is FUD from microsoft again. They are planning on
encrypting the drive that windows re
On Friday 28 April 2006 19:55, Adam Bogacki wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/27/schneier_infosec/
Call me cynical (or stupid), but software cannot offer hardware based
encryption. Sure, a piece of software can make use of hardware based
features, as can other pieces of software.
(
On Fri Apr 28, 2006 at 20:09:25 +1000, Kevin Saenz wrote:
>I'm wondering how they plan to do that? Are they going to encrypt the
>MBR? I think this is FUD from microsoft again. They are planning on
>encrypting the drive that windows resides on. I don't know if it's going
>to effect the MBR, or a
I'm wondering how they plan to do that? Are they going to encrypt the
MBR? I think this is FUD from microsoft again. They are planning on
encrypting the drive that windows resides on. I don't know if it's going
to effect the MBR, or all partitions on the harddrive.
Apparently they are planning
Fyi,
Adam.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/27/schneier_infosec/
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