Josh:
It's not that simple. Platform configuration data and custom system
management scripts can be confidential and proprietary, and thus subject to
information risk management policies.
Whole disk encryption solutions are crucial for any platform that wants to
be taken seriously in the enterprise IT space.
Christopher
On 1/18/07 8:23 PM, "Josh Wisenbaker" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Jan 18, 2007, at 10:18 AM, Christopher Fox wrote:
>
>> It isn't nuts. In fact, it's becoming mandatory.
>>
>> Whole disk encryption is where it's at. Unfortunately, there aren't
>> any
>> alternatives available for the Mac that I've found. I'm familiar with
>> PointSec on Windows, but they don't have a Mac OS X version available.
>>
>> Keep us informed if you find anything.
>
> Full disk encryption makes more sense on a Windows platform where
> users, and the OS, are saving files all over the damn place.
>
> In even a minimally managed Mac install you only need to worry about
> the home folder (and maybe Shared) so FileVault is a pretty good
> solution. Throw encrypted swap in there for good measure if you want.
>
> Josh
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