On 10/6/07, Chris Kuethe  wrote:

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> On 10/6/07, Nick Guenther  wrote:

> > are you sure you want to encrypt your *whole* drive though?

>

> Yes. (says the guy who left his laptop in an airport last week)

>

> > Is your

> > data really that secret?

>

> Why is that important? AKA "it's my laptop, and I will explicitly

> choose to disclose it's contents." (says the guy who left his laptop

> in an airport last week)

>

> > For most people there are only a few /really

> > secret/ things, and you can just make a small secure partition and

> > place them in there.

>

> except for when you forget to encrypt something, or when a process

> unexpectedly leaves plaintext laying about (editor temp files, core

> dumps, i-meant-to-download-that-someplace-else, ...), or when you

> forget your laptop in an airport or a taxi or leave the door to your

> office unlocked...

>

> > Encryption does take a performance hit.

>

> Worthy trade-off.

>

Good points. I was just playing devil's advocate.