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| Thread ID: 124873 | 2012-05-24 21:17:00 | Hiddn Desktop - encryption for PC's | kingdragonfly (309) | Press F1 |
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| 1277210 | 2012-05-25 01:10:00 | There's quite a few of the password protected laptops. The manufacturers are quite reluctant to reveal their encryption level, but given the US government previous laws it safe to assume it's just 128 bits. For example, Seagate SED are limited to 128 bits. I read that a good number of laptops only use the first 8 characters of a password, no matter the length. In the past, some laptops were found to have back-door passwords also, unbelievably some using the manufacturer's name as part of it. I've seen estimates that the combination of 128 bits + 8 character passwords means a multi-GPU system can break it in less than 4 hours. Again this is OK security for consumers and casual thieves. |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 1277211 | 2012-05-25 01:36:00 | Again I should note: lots of articles, almost impossible to buy anything. Here's a great example: you'll often hear Samsung name mentioned when discussing "Self Encrypting Disks". Though they spoken on many panels, you can not buy a Samsung SED forwardthinking.pcmag.com The TCG, "Trusted Computing Group", and TPM, "Trusted Platform Module" are also jokes. Lots of talk, lots of conferences, lots of white-papers, nothing to purchase. |
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| 1277212 | 2012-05-25 01:45:00 | One downside I noticed straight away, a lot of office workers would just remove the card and stick it in their office drawer. A bit like the old putting your password on a postit note on the screen | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1277213 | 2012-05-25 02:18:00 | Try Truecrypt, you'll be impressed. Again, it's only as good as the password you use with it, but still... |
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| 1277214 | 2012-05-25 04:13:00 | +1 Open source encryption / security software is the only way to go. How can you verify the quality of a closed source product? |
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| 1277215 | 2012-05-25 06:41:00 | Another vote for TrueCrypt | sk69ersnz (13476) | ||
| 1277216 | 2012-05-25 21:50:00 | Well, good news. "Hiddn" updated their website to reflect it only works with SATA 1. I also able to return the items, an RMA. |
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| 1277217 | 2012-05-25 22:05:00 | Info about Truecrypt en.wikipedia.org Full disk encryption, FDE: here's an old link about encrypting Windows XP with TrueCrypt. My guess is it should be similar for Windows 7 / 8 www.securitybeacon.com Truecrypt supports "two-factor authentication": something you know, your password, and something you got, a security token, smart card, USB device. I came across very cool articles about using yubikey from Yubico with Truecrypt, for additional security Google this for more info: yubikey truecrypt "The YubiKey is a USB device which presents itself to a computer as a Human Interface Device – HID – a keyboard. It is a 3 gram hermetically sealed keyboard with a single key – actually a touch button." |
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| 1277218 | 2012-05-25 22:23:00 | Regarding YubiKey, it's for two-factor authentication. You'd still have to type in a password, then Yubikey would send static text. Users would be trained to remove the Yubikey afterwards. I'd guess this is only only way to get Truecrypt to work with FDE and "two-factor authentication" |
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