On 10/6/07, Chris Kuethe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/6/07, Nick Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > are you sure you want to encrypt your *whole* drive though? > > Yes. (says the guy who left his laptop in an airport last week) > > > Is your > > data really that secret? > > Why is that important? AKA "it's my laptop, and I will explicitly > choose to disclose it's contents." (says the guy who left his laptop > in an airport last week) > > > For most people there are only a few /really > > secret/ things, and you can just make a small secure partition and > > place them in there. > > except for when you forget to encrypt something, or when a process > unexpectedly leaves plaintext laying about (editor temp files, core > dumps, i-meant-to-download-that-someplace-else, ...), or when you > forget your laptop in an airport or a taxi or leave the door to your > office unlocked... > > > Encryption does take a performance hit. > > Worthy trade-off. >
Good points. I was just playing devil's advocate.
