[H-GEN] Why bother with root when you can take the box?

David Starkoff dbs at uq.net.au
Sat Sep 13 07:42:14 EDT 2003


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At 2003-09-12T08:59+0200, Bruce Campbell wrote:

> Anyone whose read Stephenson will be wondering about the absence of
> common integrated encrypt + {file archiver, editor, viewer} etc
> programs in todays world.

Mmm... OrdoEmacs...

To add another datapoint to the original thread (lest I be accused of
bandwidth-wasting frivolity) the next release of Mac OS X will feature
an automatically-encrypted (with AES-128) home directory:
<http://www.apple.com/macosx/panther/file_vault.html>.

I recall reading, although I can't find a reference now, that this
feature was added after some prodding by (an agency of) the
U.S. government.  The impression that I got was that it was so that
Macs would be more palatable for sensitive work.  (There's some
corroboration for this, though:
<http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/07/1243231>.)

David.
-- 
  ``Destiny dressed you this morning, chum, and now fear is
    trying to pull off your pants.''

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