From: | Sam Mason <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk> |
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To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: RFE: Transparent encryption on all fields |
Date: | 2009-04-26 19:54:56 |
Message-ID: | 20090426195456.GO12225@frubble.xen.chris-lamb.co.uk |
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On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 07:03:32AM +1200, Andrej wrote:
> 2009/4/26 Sam Halliday <sam(dot)halliday(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> > I'm still talking about theft of machines (particularly laptops) as that is
> > a major threat. One need only read the British newspapers to discover story
> > after story of articles where "sensitive information was on a laptop which
> > was stolen". As pointed out elsewhere, psql + encrypted drive is entirely
> > unpractical as no OS is setup to ask for an encrypted drive password on boot
> > (similarly for headless machines, user interaction is required). A practical
> > solution that accomplishes the same goals as the encrypted drive is
> > necessary.
>
> Buy a higher end thinkpad, it uses a BIOS password and an ASIC
> to encrypt the data in hardware, w/o impact on performance.
There are various tools that allow you to do this without specialised
hardware, TrueCrypt[1] is one I've used in the past and is very easy for
naive users to get their heads around.
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Sam http://samason.me.uk/
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