-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 BitLocker is standard on the Enterprise version as well which is why there is such a push to explore this on our campus. However, only machines with the proper TPM chips are capable. Almost all new business class notebooks are coming standard with TPM chips. I don't have solid information yet but it seems that the Momentus does not work with all the TPM chips that BitLocker is compatible with.
On Jan 31, 2007, at 8:38 PM, Saqib Ali wrote: > Here is what Gartner has to say about BitLocker: > http://vista.blog.gartner.com/blog/index.php?itemid=1875 > > My thoughts: > I highly doubt that BitLocker will ever be widely implemented > anywhere. It will be like EFS which even Microsoft's security group > doesn't use (they use Winzip AES). Here are my reasons for the above > statement: > > 1) BitLocker is only supported on Windows Vista Ultimate. Ultimate > edition is pricey and will not be used by most businesses. > 2) Vista requires latest and greatest hardware, which is not the case > at most of the shops. > 3) There exists plethora of alternative, which are cheap, support > multiple platforms/OS and works well with the existing older hardware. > 4) New computers will start shipping with Seagate's Momentus FDE.2 HDD > which has a hardware chip that performs the encryption, thus relieving > the CPU. > http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/laptops/momentus/ > momentus_5400_fde.2/ > > > On 1/29/07, Sable Cantus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Have any of you implemented bitlocker in your test or IT >> environments? I began last week and it seems that there are plenty >> of MS paperwork about the importance of FDE, etc. but not a lot of >> details about the technology or how it stacks up with other >> encryption technologies. Specifically: PGP and Utimaco. > _______________________________________________ > FDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde - --- Sable Cantus Software Integration Engineer Desktop Services Group, ITS 323.343.2778 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFFwitoh1JWZYgE894RAvU6AJ9otNCp1cK3OtZl74gJyabm/JFI6gCfWmng 6hdJq0PYUJn/vJaWcQO7AKQ= =+ZyS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ FDE mailing list [email protected] http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde
