Re: Protecting the Operating System

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"nemo_outis" <abc@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Free Compusec works fine and is not discenibly slower than any other full
HD OTFE encryption product (the hit from any of them is negligible on a
fast machine).

I wouldn't worry about AES-128, it's more than strong enough. In fact, it
is rare for a user to have a password/passphrase that comes anywhere close
to 128-bit equivalence - the password, not the encryption, is usually the
weakest link.

In the case of Free Compusec, the password *has* to be weaker
than AES-128. According to its documentation, the password is up
to 16 bytes and alphanumeric. Even if it's totally random, I get
it to be the equivalent of only about 95 bits (83 if case is
ignored).

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