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How many of you are looking to data encryption on client machines? If so, would you consider using EFS and BitLocker?
Your advise to encrypt laptop/mobile HD's is certainly good. But using Vista...?
- Bitlocker is only part of Enterprise or Ultimate -> most expensive Vista upgrades
- Bitlocker is feature limited -> BitLocker won't encrypt additional hard drive volumes
- will existing laptops be able to run the high end Vista? Not likely if it was purchased before 2006
- are 3rd party HD encryption tools more cost and feature effective? I suspect they are, espcially since they will run XP and current laptop
Personally, I wish all of the Vista boosters would make note of which of the 6 versions (don't forget Enterprise and 64bit) of Vista actually support the wonderful features! All to often (from M$) you see "upgrade to Vista for $99" and later in the article they mention Aero, Windows (Ultimate) Extras, Media Center, or BitLocker etc
- Home premium doesn't even have Backup included!
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/windows-vista-feature-comparison-home-basic-home-premium-business-enterprise-ultimate/ - Vista features detailed comparison chart
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bbc16ebf-4823-4a12-afe1-5b40b2ad3725&DisplayLang=en - Detailed Vista features comparison chart, msx format
http://news.com.com/Security+Bites+Podcast+Is+Vistas+security+worth+the+upgrade/2324-12640_3-6153876.html - Is Vista's Security worth the upgrade
- Bitlocker is only part of Enterprise or Ultimate -> most expensive Vista upgrades
- Bitlocker is feature limited -> BitLocker won't encrypt additional hard drive volumes
- will existing laptops be able to run the high end Vista? Not likely if it was purchased before 2006
- are 3rd party HD encryption tools more cost and feature effective? I suspect they are, espcially since they will run XP and current laptop
Personally, I wish all of the Vista boosters would make note of which of the 6 versions (don't forget Enterprise and 64bit) of Vista actually support the wonderful features! All to often (from M$) you see "upgrade to Vista for $99" and later in the article they mention Aero, Windows (Ultimate) Extras, Media Center, or BitLocker etc
- Home premium doesn't even have Backup included!
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/windows-vista-feature-comparison-home-basic-home-premium-business-enterprise-ultimate/ - Vista features detailed comparison chart
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bbc16ebf-4823-4a12-afe1-5b40b2ad3725&DisplayLang=en - Detailed Vista features comparison chart, msx format
http://news.com.com/Security+Bites+Podcast+Is+Vistas+security+worth+the+upgrade/2324-12640_3-6153876.html - Is Vista's Security worth the upgrade
EFS is included in all versions of Vista. You can use that so long as your password is strong enough to resist rainbow table attacks.
I am glad someone else says what I have been saying. And after almost a year later I can tell you that there are better programs / utilities free and commercial out there. After my initial analysis of Vista and as I use it to reply to this post my thoughts are the same. Why?
I use both BitLocker & EFS on Vista Ultimate (32-bit). I don't have a TPM, so I modified my local group policy (gpedit.msc) so enable BitLocker without a TPM. Performance is pretty good, so no complaints yet. I also use EFS to provide a secondary mechanism to protect certain confidential files from offline attack scenarios.
Other FDE (full disk encryption) products exist and support other OSes, including win2k & XP, as well as the non-Ultimate and non-Enterprise versions of Vista. This site (http://www.full-disk-encryption.net/Full_Disc_Encryption.html) has more info.
Also, to correct a previous post, only the Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate versions of Vista support EFS; i.e., the Starter, Home Basic, and Home Premium versions do not.
Other FDE (full disk encryption) products exist and support other OSes, including win2k & XP, as well as the non-Ultimate and non-Enterprise versions of Vista. This site (http://www.full-disk-encryption.net/Full_Disc_Encryption.html) has more info.
Also, to correct a previous post, only the Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate versions of Vista support EFS; i.e., the Starter, Home Basic, and Home Premium versions do not.
I will use your Article to show the Beancounters that ALL the Laptops should be running Vista.
Thank you for the Article.
(and also the job security).
Thank you for the Article.
(and also the job security).
Good to hear that these new disclosure laws are getting people to realize that real security is important.
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