[BFix] OT geek help

[Robert Swartzwelder]

Mike,

We run Credant on our Laptops so if one gets stolen/lost, the person who
gets it can not pull any sensitive DOD data off of it.  They are also
attached to the desk oddly enough.  I work for the Army by the way.  The
laptops are configured (I don't have Admin) so if we plug a thumb drive into
it, it get encrypted.  Someone plugged an I-POD in and it got encrypted.  I
personally have quit using thumb drives because of this, but I understand
some folks have figured out a way to do exactly what you want to do.  If I
need to bring work home, or I go TDY, I just drag the whole laptop with me.
And don't worry guys, the Army is not wasting tax money on small light
laptops, sheesh.  

We also have rules regarding the use of personally owned thumb drives, which
is not an issue here.

I understand what you want to do, safely transport work to/from work and
protect it if the drive gets lost.  I assume you will be running whatever
encryption application you have at work on your computer at home also, so
why not encrypt the entire drive.  Then when you are working on a Bronco
drawing at work, or a work drawing at home (not sure why we do that but it
happens) all your stuff will be encrypted while in transit.

Not sure if I answered your question, but I would look into Credant.  Let me
know if you don't have a solution in a couple days, I will ask around at
work, I am in network security but data at rest is not my strong point, I am
a network security weenie.  I have a good friend who is in the know, I will
bring up the topic tomorrow and see what I can learn.

Rob Swartzwelder
Sierra Vista, AZ
76 Bronco Sport


-----Original Message-----
From: bfix-bounces at broncofix.com [mailto:bfix-bounces at broncofix.com] On
Behalf Of John Lindblom
Sent: Tue, April 22, 2008 9:13 PM
To: Mike Bowlin
Cc: 'BRONCOFIX'
Subject: Re: [BFix] OT geek help

I've run the U3 apps on one my USB drives and they're pretty simple, 
stable and definitely convenient if you want to plug in to virtually any 
machine and use apps or tools for your job (like for me having portable 
SSH, telnet, SFTP, web server, etc).

Personally I wouldn't be all that concerned carrying around encrypted 
and protected data on a USB drive.  It may not always be the best idea, 
but if it was really an issue there would be millions of laptops in the 
corporate world chained to a desk.  Heck it's a lot easier for me to 
grab other people's passwords, data, files, or whatever off the wire on 
my workstation than bother with hacking the encryption on a U3 drive.  
If you're paranoid, run an additional U3 encryption app on top of the 
built-in stuff.

Mike Bowlin wrote:
> Well then how would I work on my drawings at home?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Schaefer [mailto:craig.schaefer at verizon.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:20 PM
> To: Mike Bowlin; 'BRONCOFIX'
> Subject: Re: [BFix] OT geek help
>
> Then you'd be better off not carrying sensitive company data around. 
> There's nothing you could do to the device that can't be hacked if the
> crook 
> was stubborn enough.
> Whether or not the partition was encrypted, the fact that the partition 
> exists would be visible and might make hacking it a challenge.
> When I'm not wishing I was putting my Bronco together, I am a Database 
> Administrator.
>
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> Craig
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