Jeff, We have the capability, and while I said it would be 'relatively easy' to commercialize, we have not yet heard the demand from our customers to move Linux and OSX further up in our roadmap. Typically we get requests for Linux from the IT and development side, but those folks do not really have an enterprise-level need for encryption. In the meantime, we are quite busy with the other 92% :-) On the other hand, if you have a customer with 10,000+ seats of Linux or Apple, feel free to send them our way. Regards, Michael ________________________ Michael Jardine SECUDE IT Security - Seattle -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Free Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 5:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FDE] Seagate FDE and SECUDE software You have the Linux or MacosX software, and you don't sell it ???? Mac and Linux = 8% of all market share and with progression in notebook. http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=2 What are you waiting for ? You did it so ... If you are looking for a beta test for Macintel, you can count on me. Jeff (the "Mac" one) Le 13 sept. 07 à 23:51, Michael Jardine a écrit : > Jeff, > > Sorry for the delay in response. Theoretically you are correct; > indeed > we have been able to authenticate to a dual boot machine (Linux/ > Windows). > But the management software runs on Windows. So it would be > relatively easy > for us to commercialize a Linux version if there was market demand. > Adaption to OSX is also quite possible and we have already tested > it in our > labs. So if there is market demand, we can meet it. > > > Regards, > Michael > ________________________ > Michael Jardine > SECUDE IT Security - Seattle > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > dev.com] On > Behalf Of Jeff Johnson > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 12:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FDE] Seagate FDE and SECUDE software > > Michael Jardine wrote: >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 10:32:19 -0700 >> From: "Michael Jardine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [FDE] Seagate FDE and SECUDE software >> To: <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]@usa.secude.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Zac, >> >> A BIOS-based password can be cracked within minutes using brute > force >> software you can download from the internet. This is partly >> related to > the >> way the password is stored and used in BIOS. Instead, our management >> software uses a hardened Linux pre-boot authentication and the >> password > is >> stored in an area that is inaccessible to anyone. No back doors, and >> certainly no open Windows (bad pun, I admit). In addition, we offer > many >> other functions for the single-user. These include single sign-on to >> Windows, Password recovery, multi-user support, and automatic e- >> update. > We >> also enable instant cryptographic erase of the drive. To my >> knowledge, > ours >> is the only software that manages the Seagate FDE drives while > protecting >> your computer during both sleep mode and hibernation mode. >> An upcoming version of our single-user product (which we also >> recommend for SMB's) will feature multi-factor authentication as well > as >> offline key recovery. Our enterprise version offers centralized >> administrative capabilities and although it easily scales out (our > largest >> customer has 70,000 seats), it can just as easily be used by an > 'enterprise' >> of 3~5 people. >> Perhaps the most important advantage is that our solution works > on >> virtually any PC. If your PC has a Seagate Momentus FDE.2 or FDE.4 > drive, >> it will automatically recognize that and activate the drive. If your > PC has >> a standard drive, it will default to software-based FDE. (Our >> product > was >> rated 5 stars out of 5 for Performance by SC Magazine). In this way, > you >> can blanket your entire laptop systems in one go without having to > phase >> according to your budgeted refresh cycle. >> And yes, our software works on machines with TPM but in this >> case > the >> chip is on the hard drive and the keys are stored there. There are > arguments >> that this is actually more secure than TPM but that conversation is > above my >> level of technical knowledge. In the end it becomes a choice as to > where >> you want to store the various keys that are needed. As a member of > TCG, our >> goal is to offer choices that suit all users. >> >> I hope this wasn't too long-winded! >> >> http://www.secude.com/finallysecure >> >> >> >> Regards, >> Michael >> > Michael, > > If Secude uses a hardened linux pre-boot environment, can it > be used > exclusively with Linux as the host operating system? The Secude > website > says "Windows XP Service Pack 2" for supported OS. I would think > if the > hardened Linux PBE could launch Windows it could launch Linux as > well, > or any X86 based operating system reliant on the same BIOS boot > device > (0x80, 0x81) pointers (BSD, Windows, Linux, etc). > > Also, another user mentioned MacBook Pro. Adoption of the Intel > based Macbook products is growing fast, it is a great laptop. Any > solution for the Macbook EFI environment? > > --Jeff > > > -- > Best Regards, > > Jeff Johnson > Vice President > Engineering/Technology > Western Scientific, Inc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.wsm.com > > 5444 Napa Street - San Diego, CA 92110 > Tel 800.443.6699 +001.619.220.6580 > Fax +001.619.220.6590 > > "Braccae tuae aperiuntur" > > > _______________________________________________ > FDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde > > _______________________________________________ > FDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde > _______________________________________________ FDE mailing list [email protected] http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde
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