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Re: AW: File Encryption - Laptop
From: Kamal Habayeb <mountainfury () fastmail fm>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:13:12 -0700
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sean Earp wrote: | Good points Chris- | | As always, you should take a layered approach to security,... | | 2) Encrypt the folder where the user stores most of his or her | documents. Your main concern on the stolen laptop is GENERALLY | protection of sensitive documents. Encrypting the folder (instead of | specific files) ensures the greatest number of (important) files are | protected, while not requiring a lot of administrative overhead. | Good points Sean, Also programs that auto-backup documents such as Word or Excel need their temp directories pointed to the same encrypted folder to avoid an unencrypted version of the sensative file being somewhere else on the drive. Cheers, Kamal Habayeb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/ZzaYWz5e+owG3loRAinwAJsEy5zkVWEQNng6h9KRLeHP1pQRfgCfTL1V ZeipZpwCRGoSnLPV70AU3wk= =xIQg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Captus Networks Are you prepared for the next Sobig & Blaster? - Instantly Stop DoS/DDoS Attacks, Worms & Port Scans - Precisely Define and Implement Network Security - Automatically Control P2P, IM and Spam Traffic FIND OUT NOW - FREE Vulnerability Assessment Toolkit http://www.captusnetworks.com/ads/42.htm
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Current thread:
- AW: File Encryption - Laptop Meidinger Chris (Sep 15)
- Re: AW: File Encryption - Laptop Sean Earp (Sep 15)
- Re: AW: File Encryption - Laptop Kamal Habayeb (Sep 16)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: AW: File Encryption - Laptop Ethan Harris (Sep 15)
- Re: AW: File Encryption - Laptop Sean Earp (Sep 15)