Re: File encryption software?
- From: Neon John <no@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:00:18 -0400
On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:14:38 -0700, Dapper Dave <expurgated@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes. Go to the Control Panel and put a put a password on your
Administrator account. After that, you will be prompted for a user name
and password every time you boot the machine, As near as I can tell,
there is no going back to a no-password, automatic logon environment
after that. Let others log on to the default Guest account, which has no
password by default.
That does little unless one also sets the BIOS password so that the machine can't
boot without a password. Absent a BIOS password, all the kiddie cracker has to do is
download the appropriate "security analysis" Linux image, put it on a CDR or thumb
drive and boot into Linux. The Winders file system is mounted and accessed without
bother of Winders passwords.
This process is as easy as downloading, copying over the files, booting and selecting
from menus. No Linux (or Winders) admin knowledge needed.
With file level encryption, it doesn't matter what OS is running, the data is
inaccessible without the password. Doesn't even matter if physical possession of the
drive is lost - the data is still secure.
John
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