Re: WebObjects and Security in case of a physical breach

2009-08-07 Thread Miguel Arroz
Hi! Just to mention performance: I didn't run any tests before and after encrypting my drive. Anyway, during normal usage, I didn't notice any slowdown compared to before, although this 5400 rpm portable drives are terribly slow for themselves. The PGP process rarely takes more than 2 o

Re: WebObjects and Security in case of a physical breach

2009-08-07 Thread David Holt
On 7-Aug-09, at 11:06 AM, Miguel Arroz wrote: Hi! You can use PGP Whole Disk Encryption. Great minds think alike :-) Thanks for explaining your experience, Miguel! David I use it on my MacBook Pro and it's perfect so far. The only problem is that it requires a password to be inserted

Re: WebObjects and Security in case of a physical breach

2009-08-07 Thread David Holt
On 7-Aug-09, at 10:07 AM, David Holt wrote: Hi all, I am looking for suggestions for how to lock down data and files associated with my WebObjects application on a MacOS X 10.5.8 box in case someone physically walks away with the box. We have biometric encrypted external harddrives for r

Re: WebObjects and Security in case of a physical breach

2009-08-07 Thread Miguel Arroz
Hi! You can use PGP Whole Disk Encryption. I use it on my MacBook Pro and it's perfect so far. The only problem is that it requires a password to be inserted *before* the system boots (as the OS itself is encrypted). If you have easy access to your server, that's not a problem. If not,

WebObjects and Security in case of a physical breach

2009-08-07 Thread David Holt
Hi all, I am looking for suggestions for how to lock down data and files associated with my WebObjects application on a MacOS X 10.5.8 box in case someone physically walks away with the box. We have biometric encrypted external harddrives for rotating off-site backup, but now we are turni