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Re: [rhelv5-list] Protect my stolen disk

John Summerfield

2008-01-18

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Ahmed Kamal wrote:
> It's the customer IT people I am trying to protect from :) That's why I am
> looking into some encryption/obfuscation solution

Assume tbey're better than we are. See
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/01/hw_not_secure/

I recently saw an article about a "secure" USB storage device that was
easily cracked. It's been taken off the market now, but I can't find the
article.

>
> On Jan 18, 2008 10:10 PM, Deke Clinger <dclinger@(protected):
>
>> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Ahmed Kamal wrote:
>>
>>> This really is not possible. Everything has to be on the customer's
>> side. I
>>> can't explain *why*, but please assume so.
>>> Do other Linux based "boxes" (think google enterprise search, tivo,
>> vmware
>>> vmtn images ... etc) employ any techniques to protect their stuff from
>>> preying eyes ?
>> Just to clarify, does "on the customer's side" necessarily mean an
>> unsecured kiosk system? Are you saying that your web and database
>> *servers* have to run on these kiosk machines and that the customer
>> has no secured facility for a server, not even a locked closet?
>>
>> -Deke
>>
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