Re: hardware disk encryption?

From: atom smasher (ngbz_at_fhfcvpvbhf.bet)
Date: 10/17/04 

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:55:14 -0400

Gerard Morentzy wrote:

> Paul, I agree 100%. Also, encrypting an entire drive also means saying
> goodbye to worrying about applications - and their associated data -
> writing temp files, MRU listings, cache, and whatever other "helpful"
> information to some dark corner of the hard drive. Whole disk encryption
> answers many security concerns.
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how many times have i heard someone brag about their encrypted /usr/home/
and not think twice about the things that are written to /tmp and /var?

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