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From: bmrm1 at comcast.net (Bill Miller)
Subject: harddisk encryption

I've not looked at utimaco. I've been evaluating PC Guardian
http://www.pcguardian.com/ to deploy within our enterprise. It has performed
better than other we have tested.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lentila de Vultur" <ledeve@....net>
To: <full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 10:04 AM
Subject: [Full-Disclosure] harddisk encryption


> hi,
>
> sorry for my late answer and for breaking the thread. below you can find
the
> original post:
>
> <>
> i'm evaluating a software that performs harddisk encryption for deploying
in
> my company. the software in question is utimaco safeguard easy v4.10
> (www.utimaco.com) running on w2k.
>
> i am interested in communitty's oppinion about this product. has anyone
> performed a detailed analysis of it? i googled around but i couldn't find
> much information, except that the version 3.20 sr1 has earned an eal3
> certification from the german federal agency for it security.
> </>
>
>
> thank you for all your answers and suggestions on and off the list.
>
> what i like at safeguard easy are the possibility to encrypt full
harddisks,
> not only files or partitions, and the boot authentication. Frank Knobbe
> suggested encryption plus hard disk from pc guardian - I asked for an
> evaluation copy. google suggested also drive crypt plus pack -
> www.securstar.com.
>
> imho, the main disadvantage of pgpdisk and alike compared with
> full-encryption tools is that valuable data can remain unencrypted in the
> swap file or in temporary files outside the container. When using full
> harddisk encryption tools no extra user interaction is required,
everything
> is done transparently. there is no need for user training.
>
>
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