We have no problem with encryption on Windows 7 here at NIH ----- Original Message ----- From: Harry <ha...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Sent: Wed Aug 17 18:23:21 2011 Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Computer encryption matters
Hi John My Mac laptop has been encrypted according to MRC rules for several years and has caused no problems. Windows or Linux may behave differently, but I have no reason to think they might (until a ccp4bber tells me differently)! On 17 Aug 2011, at 20:13, Jrh wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > My institution is introducing concerted measures for improved > security via encryption of files. A laudable plan in case of loss or > theft of a computer with official files eg exams or student records > type of information stored on it. > > Files, folders or a whole disk drive can be encrypted. Whilst I can > target specific files, this could get messy and time consuming to > target them and keep track of new to-be-encrypted files. It is > tempting therefore to agree to complete encryption. However, as my > laptop is my calculations' workbench, as well as office tasks, I am > concerned that unexpected runtime errors may occur from encryption > and there may be difficulties of transferability of data files to > colleagues and students, and to eg PDB. > > Does anyone have experience of encryption? Are my anxieties > misplaced? If not, will I need to plan to separate office files, > which could then all be encrypted, from crystallographic data files/ > calculations, which could be left unencrypted. If separate treatment > is the best plan does one need two computers once more, rather than > the one laptop? A different solution would be to try to insist on an > institutional repository keeping such files. > > In anticipation, > Thankyou, > John > Prof John R Helliwell DSc Harry -- Dr Harry Powell, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, MRC Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QH
