Re: [Fed-Talk] Encryption of OS X
Re: [Fed-Talk] Encryption of OS X
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Encryption of OS X
- From: "Link, Peter R." <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 14:03:12 -0700
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] Encryption of OS X
Let me correct my last statement. I meant to say neither Sophos nor Check Point support SED management. I've stated previously that WinMagic does.
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> None of the ones listed support management of Seagate self-encrypting drives. As Allan said in another thread, a SED is much faster than any software-encryption application.
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> On Oct 8, 2010, at 12:07 PM, Qureshi, Usman wrote:
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>> Sophos is another solution.
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>> www.BLOCKEDsophos.com
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>> Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Encryption of OS X
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>> Another managed solution is Check Point Full Disk Encryption.
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>> On 10/8/10 2:53 PM, "Marcus, Allan B" <email@hidden> wrote:
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>>> we use WinMagic. PGP doesn't support self encrypting drives, which is much
>>> faster then SW based encryption. Also, PGP uses a reusable recovery
>> password
>>> whcih we found unacceptable.
>>>
>>> Filevault is free, but it's the slowest one out there.Also, FV only
>> encrypts
>>> the home directory, not shared, not /tmp, and not /var. it's a good
>> solution
>>> for a hobbyist, but there's no enterprise management of keys.
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>>> The only two enterprise solutions I'm aware of are PGP and WinMagic.
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>>>
>>> ---
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Allan Marcus
>>> 505-667-5666
>>>
>>> "Fast, cheap, good. Pick two"
>>> -- Project Management mantra
>>>
>>> On Oct 7, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Bryan William Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>> Quick question for the list:
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>>>> What encryption methods does everyone recommend for OS X. It seems that
>>>> adding a firmware pass followed by using FileVault should work. Does
>> Time
>>>> Machine work with FileVault now?
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>>>> Last time I used my organizations firmware software, it caused an
>> absolutely
>>>> unacceptable decrease in performance (unusable). This laptop did not
>> have
>>>> any PHI data on it or classified information so I managed to get an
>> exemption
>>>> back then, but they are attempting to force everyone to use encryption
>> now.
>>>> Is anyone using PGP? How does it perform?
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bryan
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>>>>
>>>> Bryan William Jones, Ph.D.
>>>> email@hidden<mailto:email@hidden>
>>>> http://BLOCKEDprometheus.med.utah.edu/~bwjones/
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