In Through The Out Door

Diving Through The Information Barrage

Browsing Posts published on May 3, 2006

In its basic mode, an attacker can still access the data on the drive by guessing the user’s password, but would not be able to get at the drive by booting the disk up using another operating system, or removing the drive and attaching it to another computer.There are several modes for BitLocker…. But if you can force users to attach it to their keychains — remember that you only need the key to boot the computer, not to operate the computer — and convince them to go through the trouble of sticking it in their computer every time they boot, then you’ll get a higher level of security.There is a recovery key: optional but strongly encouraged…. There are ways for an administrator to set group policy settings mandating this key.There aren’t any back doors for the police, though.You can get BitLocker to work in systems without a TPM, but it’s kludgy…. And it only will work on some hardware: because BItLocker starts running before any device drivers are loaded, the BIOS must recognize USB drives in order for BitLocker to work.Encryption particulars: The default data encryption algorithm is AES-128-CBC with an additional diffuser…. You still won’t be able to share any files on your C drive between operating systems, but you will be able to share files on any other drive.The problem is that it’s impossible to distinguish between a legitimate dual boot system and an attacker trying to use another OS — whether Linux or another instance of Vista — to get at the volume.BitLocker is not a panacea.

John Dvorak’s eight signs MS is dead in the water:John Dvorak has written an opinion piece on why he believes Microsoft is dead in the water. He discusses Vista, Office 2007, MSN and MSN search, the Xbox 360, Pad-based computing, .Net, and Microsofts obsession with Google.

The AJAX Office:ajaxLaunch is a site notifying us all about the latest releases in the range of online office applications which are the brainchild of Michael Robertson, the chap who brought us all Linspire – a Windows-user friendly linux distro.So far we have had ajaxWrite, a word-processor; ajaxSketch a drawing package aimed at diagramming and flow [...]

Mac OS X to get integrated BitTorrent support:Rumors says that according to some of their “oldest and most reliable sources,” Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” will be shipping with an integrated BitTorrent system that will be utilized for delivering software updates and iTunes content. For sharing their bandwidth, Leopard users would get rewards like credit at the iTunes Music Store and Apple would save “hundreds of thousandsif not millions of dollars per year” in bandwidth costs.

Ginobili, Spurs Turn Away Kings in Game 5:Manu Ginobili scored 27 points and Tim Duncan added 24 as the San AntonioSpurs posted a 109-98 triumph over the Kings to take a threegames to two lead in their Western Conference playoff series.

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