Ok what Time Zone do you have set on your computer? -----Original Message----- From: Peter van Houten [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 5:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Taking a Tablet PC out of the country
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/> ~
