Because there is valuable information on a server. Sometimes the information on said server is very valuable to an attacker.
My current (government) customer has us Bitlocker-ing just about all servers. Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: S Powell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, 14 October 2010 1:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Hard drive encryption honestly asking.... why would you encrypt the HD on a server? Google.com Learn it. Live it. Love it. On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 09:56, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 > > -----Original Message----- > From: S Powell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 9:40 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Hard drive encryption > > we don't encrypt HDs on machines that don't leave the site. servers, > desktops et al. > > only laptops. > > > Google.com Learn it. Live it. Love it. > > > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 07:17, David Mazzaccaro > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Quick question for those of you who use full hard disk encryption. >> What do you do when you have to remotely work on a machine and reboot it? >> I assume it will sit at the pre-boot encryption screen (which you >> can't see) waiting for the password? >> Any tools to get around this without having some one sitting in front >> of the machine? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
