RE: Simple Question ...

["Jimmy Sansi" <jsansi () ritzfoodservice com>]

If you are concerned about security at all, use something
other then FAT. And unless your using Windows you may not
wan't to use FAT at all.

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/8615

-Jimmy

-----Original Message-----
From: dkostrzewa () salts navy mil [mailto:dkostrzewa () salts navy mil]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 9:56 AM
To: Duston Sickler
Cc: 'Adam Hawliczek'; security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Simple Question ...


The only reason to use FAT may be for recovery purposes.  But in most cases,
you
cannot recover the data on your system drive anyway, when it crashes, it's
usually easier to reload.   I keep vital data on seperate partitions, so I
can
blow away the boot disk anytime with minimal loss.  There are only a few
tools
around that help see NTFS disks in a maintenence maode (for the average
sysadmin), but the security is much better on NTFS.  So also the same bottom
line, very little reason to use FAT, when so much can be gained by using
NTFS or
better.

Dan

Duston Sickler wrote:

> The simple answer is no.  You must have a NTFS in order to use Windows
> Encryption.  I can't think of a reason to chose FAT over NTFS.  You should
> consider converting the file system.
>
> Duston Sickler
> CompTIA A+ Certified
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Hawliczek [mailto:quoza () wp pl]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 6:10 PM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Simple Question ...
>
> Hello there .. I have a very simple question to You ...
> Can I encrypt a FAT32 partiton running over XP ?
> I know that i can do this when i'm using NTFS but i prefered FAT and now i
> think i could have a problem ..
>
> If i sent this today -> Happy new year !
> If not ... well Happy new year too ...
>
> and once again you must forgive me my english i'm still working on it .
>
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