Re: [Fed-Talk] Whole Disk Encryption?
Re: [Fed-Talk] Whole Disk Encryption?
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Whole Disk Encryption?
- From: Robert Nicholson <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:56:15 -0600
I think I heard from WinMagic that Time Machine restores are not supported with SecureDoc
On Jan 21, 2010, at 7:46 AM, Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL wrote:
> We use SecureDoc and it works pretty well. The only issue, which is I think
> inherent of all full disk encryption products, is that when something goes
> wrong, it only goes wrong very badly.
>
> We work very closely with SecureDoc and making sure that the latest Apple
> hardware and OS is supported by their product. (The first Unibody MBP threw
> them for a loop with the new grphics card.) The only hangup is that when
> there's a new OS point release, if the SecureDoc product doesn't yet support
> it and the user updates their machines, they'll brick it.
>
> I know, big problem.
>
> We get around this by putting machines with SecureDoc in a separate upgrade
> cycle so that they do not get forced OS updates. We pay much more attention
> to these machines to ensure that the updated SecureDoc that supports the new
> point release is pushed to machines first, and then we'll enable the updated
> OS for them.
>
> One major down-side is that if you're going from say 10.5 to 10.6, you need
> to do a full decrypt, upgrade to 10.6, then a full re-encrypt. Long
> process.
>
> j
>
>
> On 1/20/10 8:24 PM, "Robert Nicholson" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Is there any opinion on experiences from SecureDoc WDE and PGP WDE? PGP WDE
>> has 10.x which now supports Snow Leopard but SecureDoc already supports Snow
>> Leopard. PGP WDE seems to be considerably easier to buy than SecureDoc from
>> what I can tell and I like that PGP has a support forum that's active. I've
>> seen PGP WDE work reliably in Leopard but have no experience with it in Snow
>> Leopard. Has anybody been able to find out how much SecureDoc for Snow Leopard
>> actually costs? Personally I hate the whole reseller model it's so out of
>> date. _______________________________________________
>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
>> Fed-talk mailing list (email@hidden)
>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
>>
>> This email sent to email@hidden
>
> ---
> Jared F. Nichols
> Desktop Engineer, Client Services
> Information Services Department
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> 244 Wood Street
> Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
> 781.981.5436
>
>
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Fed-talk mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden