That is neat and tidy! I don't suppose you know if Windows 7 might have such a facility? Anyway it's a good tip and I will start looking in that direction, Thanks, John
Prof John R Helliwell DSc On 19 Aug 2011, at 09:05, Phil Evans <p...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote: > With OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard, you can FileVault your sensitive home directory, > but put all your non-sensitive compute || i/o-intensive files outside your > home directory (eg in /Users/Stuff) > > I don't know whether you can do this in 10.7 Lion > > Phil > > > On 18 Aug 2011, at 22:50, William G. Scott wrote: > >> OS X 10.7 enables you to do whole-drive encryption. >> >> Here is a description from Arse Technica: >> >> http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2011/07/mac-os-x-10-7.ars/13 >> >> I ain't never tried it myself. 10.7 seems to run slow enough as it is. >> >> -- Bill >> >> >> >> On Aug 18, 2011, at 5:34 AM, Andreas Förster wrote: >> >>> Since we're on the subject... I've been tempted on and off to encrypt my >>> hard drive, but after getting burned once a hundred years ago when >>> encrypted data turned into garbled bytes all of a sudden I've been >>> hesitant. I've gone so far as to install TrueCrypt (on a MacBook), but I >>> haven't put it into action. Before I do, the big question: >>> >>> What software do people on the bb use for encryption? What can be >>> recommended without hesitation? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> Andreas >>> >>> >>> On 18/08/2011 1:19, Eric Bennett wrote: >>>> John, >>>> >>>> Since so many people have said it's flawless, I'd like to point out this >>>> is not always the case. The particular version of the particular package >>>> that we have installs some system libraries that caused a program I use on >>>> a moderately frequent basis to crash every time I tried to open a file on >>>> a network drive. It took me about 9 months to figure out what the cause >>>> was, during which time I had to manually copy things to the local drive >>>> before I could open them in that particular program. The vendor of the >>>> encryption software has a newer version but our IT department is using an >>>> older version. There is another workaround but it's kind of a hack. >>>> >>>> So I'd say problems are very rare, but if you run into strange behavior, >>>> don't rule out encryption as a possible cause. >>>> >>>> -Eric >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Andreas Förster, Research Associate >>> Paul Freemont & Xiaodong Zhang Labs >>> Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College London >>> http://www.msf.bio.ic.ac.uk
