I have a client with the following problem. They would like to encrypt all of their Windows workstation drives, but if they do that, the machines require manual intervention to enter a key on every reboot. Why is this a problem? Because installations and upgrades of many kinds of Windows software require multiple reboots, and they don't want to have to manually intervene on every machine in their buildings in order to push out software and patches.
(The general threat model in question is reasonably sane -- they would like drives to be "harmless" when machines are disposed of or if they're stolen by ordinary thieves, but on the network and available for administration the rest of the time.) Does anyone have a reasonable solution for this? -- Perry E. Metzger pe...@piermont.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majord...@metzdowd.com
