On Sun, 1 Feb 2004 22:45:47 +0100 "Felix E. Klee" <felix.klee.thinkpad@gmx.net> wrote:
> I have no experience with HD passwords (never used them) but I guess
> that working around them may not be all that hard: Simply replace the
> hard disks "system board". However, the password may be stored on a
> certain part of the disks themselves. Then a work around becomes a bit
> harder, but not impossible.
I wouldn't trust hardware protection, most of them can be broken fairly
easily and the rest are just time consuming.
> I assume that encryption with a good algorithm and a reasonably long key
> (maybe a combination of a USB memory stick and a personal pin) is the
> only really secure solution. Encryption doesn't need to be done by the
> hardware, of course. Maybe NTFS supports encryption (I don't know - I'm
> a LINUX user). If not, there certainly are other solutions. You may want
> to contact IBM as they probably have experience in this area and may
> even provide ready solutions.
Windoze has support for encrypted NTFS volumes, but i wouldn't trust them at all,
we've had quite a good experience in those 'closed source' encryptions and
other Microsft security measures. I wouldn't trust a candy to M$.
I think one of the best measures is PGP encrypted data with a big a** key.
That should take them several centuries to decrypt.
The solution mentioned about with a USB memory stick is quite good as well.
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