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U.S. Gov't To Use Full Disk Encryption On All Computers

Posted by timothy on from the double-secret-probation-rot-13 dept.

To address the issue of data leaks of the kind we've seen so often in the last year because of stolen or missing laptops, writes Saqib Ali, the Feds are planning to use Full Disk Encryption (FDE) on all Government-owned computers. "On June 23, 2006 a Presidential Mandate was put in place requiring all agency laptops to fully encrypt data on the HDD. The U.S. Government is currently conducting the largest single side-by-side comparison and competition for the selection of a Full Disk Encryption product. The selected product will be deployed on Millions of computers in the U.S. federal government space. This implementation will end up being the largest single implementation ever, and all of the information regarding the competition is in the public domain. The evaluation will come to an end in 90 days. You can view all the vendors competing and list of requirements."

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  1. First! by kirk26 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Linsux!! Linsux!! Linsux!!

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  2. Gee, I wonder Who Will Get It ? by el+cisne · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    My Sense May Seem MoStly MiStaken, but no MyStery outcoMeS ManifeSt theMSelves.

  3. Bad Moderation & by KwKSilver · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Parent is modded off-topic? In what way?

    The list of formats probably points to who is guaranteed to win the contract. The Bushies never met a predatory monopoly they didn't worship. The one .pdf suggests that Adobe may get some tiny part of the contract, like converting 10% of the documentation into pdfs. No doubt MS will whine mightily about that, too.

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  4. Re:File formats by oneeyedelf1 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Dumbass, PDF is an open format.

  5. unpopular data/facts, not "personal data" by SuperBanana · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The reason that they have to encrypt a zillion machines is because they store sensitive personal data on a zillion machines.

    Given it's a "presidential mandate", I suspect this has more to do with making unpopular government data/facts very hard to get to. "Oops, sorry, Bill lost the encryption key to his PC. Sorry, Judge."

    This is the same administration that has refused (still) to turn over papers regarding Cheney's talks with energy companies...has drastically changed how Freedom Of Information Act requests are handled, and demanded release of information on "sensitive" topics like the environment be filtered through the white house first...

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