Excellent link. Very interesting stuff. Thanks. On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 6:55 AM, Peter van Houten <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, maybe not that friendly. Ridiculously long passphrases won't help > here. Beware of housekeepers bearing [hidden] gifts: > > > http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2009/10/evil-maid-goes-after-truecrypt.html > > Having pointed that out, I do recommend and use Truecrypt extensively > myself (not with whole-disk encryption however) and, I suppose, this is > simply one of those social engineering warnings. > > -- > Peter van Houten > > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Richard Stovall<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Probable? Possible, absolutely. I've gone all over the place with a >> laptop and haven't ever had issue one at home or abroad. That said, >> Truecrypt is your friend. Encrypt the whole volume with a >> ridiculously long passphrase and be done with it. Who cares if they >> copy it at that point. >> >>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Kurt Buff<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I know you said there isn't any, but are you really truly *SURE* there >>>> isn't any patient or other confidential data on this machine? I would >>>> include hashes of domain credentials in that category. >>>> >>>> If there is, be aware that all computers are subject to search and >>>> probable copying of data at the border. >>>> >>>> Other than that, I don't see any real issues. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 13:21, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have a physician who wants to take a company owned Tablet PC to >>>>> >>>>> Argentina >>>>> in a month or so. This doesn�t give me a warm fuzzy, but I don�t have >>>>> anything concrete to give as a reason to tell him no, aside from that. >>>>> I >>>>> have a hard enough time with docs wanting to take the Tablets out of >>>>> the >>>>> office to their homes� >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Do any of you have any good information on reasons that I can give that >>>>> it >>>>> wouldn�t be a good idea? There should not be any data on the system, as >>>>> he >>>>> will be using Xen to get access to all of our systems using domain >>>>> credentials, so data theft is not a big concern in this particular >>>>> case. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance, >>>>> >>>>> Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE >>>>> Technology Coordinator >>>>> Eagle Physicians& Associates, PA >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> www.eaglemds.com >>>>> >>>> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
