Re: Startup password ?

From: Mr Nobody (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 07/05/04 

Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 11:41:32 +0100

On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 00:24:25 -0600, "D.Currie"
<dmbcurrie.nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Mr Nobody" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>news:i4hfe0ldf0qbpbt118b2rtkvvhblokva96@4ax.com...

>> What's the matter with OTF encryption? It is transparent to the user.

>Encryption's fine for some things, but if the technician has access to that
>account to do repairs, the files are perfectly accessible.

If files are encrypted the technician can't see their contents unless
he has the password. 

-- 
Mr Nobody

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