Hi, A newbie question on the encryption. Actually two. Does it have any latency once encrypted on an ssd drive? And how does it play with drop box?
Best regards, Yuma On 6/09/2011, at 7:24 PM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Hi Dan, > Curious. How did you know that full Lion disk encryption is 128 bit? > On Sep 6, 2011, at 12:50 AM, Dan wrote: > >> Hello, >> I like the full disk Encryption in OS X 7. However, I also wish the end user >> could set it to 256 bit encryption instead of just 128 bit. >> Just my thoughts. >> >> Dan >> >> On Sep 5, 2011, at 3:21 PM, anouk radix wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Normally I let my systems start up automatically with noi password at all >>> but now with my new mac I have indeed setup a startup password AND >>> encryption. After a few minutes of non-use I have to enter that password >>> again. I feel very secure now even takingmy laptop along to other locations >>> and leaving it alone for a while. >>> What I like about the boot up process AFTER your drive is encrypted is, >>> that if you enter cmd+f5 you will hear a beep when your computer is ready >>> for input, you then hear a beep if its right and another beep if it is >>> wrong, also this goes for the password. Just experiment with it for >>> yourself its very niftily done. >>> I havent heard of anything like this being possible on a windows system and >>> while I did not use it before i got my mba, i like it a lot and it makes me >>> feel a lot more secure. >>> Greetings, Anouk, >>> Op 5-9-2011 17:59, Paul Erkens schreef: >>>> Hi all, >>>> Just passing on my experience with Lion's file vault. I thought it'd be >>>> difficult but it's not. Carefully read the dialogs and you're all set. No >>>> complicated setup. Encryption takes a while. Only thing you are going to >>>> sacrifice is a voice over supported log in. With encryption enabled, you >>>> will still get audible feedback though, and it is workable. I thought I'd >>>> give it a shot so I backed up securely and turned it on, but I don't think >>>> I'll revert back to normal. I don't notice any speed degradation, though >>>> it may be present. It just doesn't get in the way. Of course, if your full >>>> disk is encrypted, only avery small part of the os can be left >>>> unencrypted, so that's why you don't have voiceover at the login prompt. >>>> The prompt now comes very quickly, and the rest of the os is loaded after >>>> you enter valid credentials. >>>> Paul. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
