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 f
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Or a USB-stick with the key, but in this case don't get your laptop
being stolen with the USB-stick near-by ;-)
Tim
On 08/18/2011 03:26 AM, Francois Berenger wrote:
> [...]
> Another minor drawback is that you will possibly need a password to boot
>
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Dear John,
encrypted disks are completely transparent once the system is up and
running. The only issue will be a slow-down for disk I/O intense
operations, e.g. copying a large amount of data takes noticably longer
on an encrypted disk - but not too
On 08/18/2011 04:13 AM, 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, f
We have no problem with encryption on Windows 7 here at NIH
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From: Harry
To: 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
Upon release of the newest MBA's from Apple there was this test on Ars
http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2011/08/thunder-in-the-air-ars-reviews-the-mid-2011-macbook-air.ars/3
So if you are concerned in terms of speed I would say don't worry.
However never forget your password.
Jürgen
P.S. the
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,
Hi,
HIPAA and other regulations require systems which house patient
identifiable data to have encrypted disks at our uni. Systems which
house student data (e.g. SSN #'s, grades, etc) are also encrypted.
Since we are doing mostly basic research or using de-identified data
in structural biology, we
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 e
