On Tuesday 28 July 2009, jtd wrote: > On Monday 27 July 2009, Cyril Chacko wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Today a friend of mine showed me a security feature in Windows XP, which > > to my knowledge is not available under Linux.(Please tell me I am wrong). > > > > So here goes, he showed me a security feature in Windows XP wherein the > > user can setup a custom access to their own files and restrict access to > > others, including Adminstrators. > > Once you have access to the disk. It is trivial to get out info UNLESS
That should read Once you have physical access it is trivial to get out info UNLESS > 1) sensitive data is encrypted > 2) The encryption keys are accessible only with the owner. > > > Is there a way to do so in GNU/Linux systems (for root)? As I am not > > aware of any means, I was not able to give him any answers. Yes do 1 and 2. > Obviously you friend knows little about computing and even lesser about > security. > > > This feature came to > > light when we were discussing our Company's adoption of IS)-27001. He has > > also claimed that this is also the reason why Linux adoption in > > Enterprises is very low. > > If this friend is a decision maker in your organisation, i would be looking > for another job. > > > -- > Rgds > JTD -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
