[PLUG] Re: Cryptographic filesystem?

Nathan Meyers nmeyers at javalinux.net
Wed Mar 20 01:51:56 UTC 2002


On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 01:39:39AM +0000, Carla Schroder wrote:
> David Mandel writes: 
> 
> .
> >I installed and tested SuSE's encrypted filesystem on a couple disks,
> >and it seemed to work quite ok; but I didn't have enough need or interest
> >in it to run it thur it's paces.  (I'm always afraid of losing the
> >keys when I lock anything.  Haven't been able to get into my
> >house in several days now.  Just kidding.) 
> >
> 
> Um, actually that's the thing that's kept me from going nutso on security- 
> if you lock yourself out of your own computer files, then what? For 
> customers managing security is an even bigger problem. Most would rather be 
> lax so they can do their jobs, then they don't have to worry about losing 
> the 'keys', or tracking who has access to what. I'm ahead of the game if I 
> can persuade them to change passwords when someone leaves the company. 

It's a reasonable step for highly sensitive data - as long as the customer
understands the risks. Trying to lock down everything is, as Carla says,
a recipe for disaster.

Nathan




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