On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:33:54 -0800 "Saqib Ali" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 1/16/07, Steven M. Bellovin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think that that distinction is either necessary or > > sufficient. > > Dr. Bellovin, Please -- "Steve". > > I would like to invite you to try out a Free FDE product called > Compusec < http://www.ce-infosys.com/ > Does it run on NetBSD? I don't use Windows.... > > After trying, please let me know if the distinction between "disk > encryption" (e.g. TrueCrypt) and "full disk encryption" (e.g. > Compusec) is insufficient. > My point is that I have some fairly complex operational environments. The distinction between the "operating system" and everything else isn't that clear. What is part of the OS? The kernel? The boot loader? (It has several parts.) Dynamically-loaded modules? /sbin/init? The shell? My virtual machines? The Xen hypervisor? (I don't yet run Xen on my laptop. I will as soon as it supports power management.) --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
