The problem with that is that cache and "temporary" copies are not necessarily likely to be encrypted... For example, every time you open an Office file, a second copy (~whatever) is created. Also, not all users are bright enough (or are too lazy) to remember to place their "important" files into the safe. Also, the process of classifying "important" files becomes too subjective. Another consideration is user account information -- passwords and likes -- SAM, application credentials, VPN accounts, etc.
Pointsec was and still is the leader in FDE -- Gartner Magic Quadrant 7 years straight. Check Point bought them in December of '06, and has maintained (read BOLSTERED) the product since the acquisition. P4PC Works VERY well, is fast, and is ridiculously easy to manage.
My team and I conducted a head-to-head with Safeboot, PGP, Truecrypt, Pointsec, and Utimaco about 6 months ago. Pointsec clearly came out on top. In spite of that, management opted to go with PGP (something about a Golf outing???). It was a nightmare! After hours and hours of challenges (and plenty of consultant bills), management ended up canning PGP and went instead with Pointsec.
Deployment of P4PC was a dream. A few things that are nice is that the initial encryption process will run in the background, and can be interrupted (power loss, shutdown, etc). Decryption / forensics / recovery are all well documented and easy to do. Authentication can be done with password, SmartCard, and / or tokens (must be the dynamic kind). There's a helpdesk feature in the event that password resets or one-time passwords are needed.
AT&T recently threw out Safeboot and deployed 600K seats of P4PC.
Oh... Did I mention Linux (RedHat and SuSE) and Mac OSX support?
Non-competes are not uncommon in the IT industry -- let's face it, we're companies' intellectual property. A non-compete is a loosely "legally binding contract" between you and your employer; the extent to which it is binding depends on your constitution and the depth of your pocket. I've lived in the non-compete world and, unfortunately, witnessed the ilk and pain it can cause when vindictive former employers decide to enforce them.
I live in Pennsylvania, a state that was traditionally a "right-to-work" state. Unfortunately, the winds of change have been quite blistering in recent past. I am a network engineer, who has worked for a number of consulting groups (small and large); one of my employers enforced non-competes with a vengeance.
A few items of note to consider:
1) NEVER, EVER sign something you don't agree with, nor feel you can abide to -- I saw a couple of posts from folks stating that they signed and promptly ignored them. This is wreckless and dangerous, and may result in trouble down the road.
2) If you aren't willing to accept the terms of the contract, discuss "reasonable" terms with your employer / perspective employer. Be ready to provide justification and reasonable options.
2) Unless you're filthy rich, don't assume the courts will uphold your interpretation of the scope of the contract nor reject it outright. Contesting non-competes can be a costly and painful process.
3) In PA, the court system has recently upheld Non-competes -- so long as the scope of them was reasonable (time, geography, terms). In many cases, after much back-and-forth (and lots of $$$ to lawyers), a magistrate has rewritten the terms to make them "more acceptable." I've occasionally seen 2-year contracts written back to 6 moths or a year, with a geographic stipulation of 50 miles.
4) Generally, employers don't want to lose business, so what I've seen and done in the past is the creation of a "no touch" client list. Barring working for a competitor is often difficult to enforce (man's gotta make a living), but limiting the scope of the employment is not uncommon.
5) If you violate the terms, don't be surprised if a magistrate imposes a new term on the contract. This can suck -- I've seen it happen.
General rules to live by:
1) Be open, honest, and forthright with the process -- with both existing and prospective employers
2) Don't agree to something you can't or won't accept.
3) At the termination of your old position, explicitly note that you understand, accept, and will abide by the terms of the contract. This small gesture often goes a long way to diffusing situations before they occur -- esp if it's in writing.
4) Keep your eye on the target -- if your intention is to go back to clients, do it at contract +5 days, not earlier.
This, and many other fine movie and song quotations available for free preview Here!, and HEre, and Here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and... Oh Crap!
Just for giggles, notice that Yahoo's notice for SCO Form 8K here says that SCO issued a press release in connection with the notification on February 17, 2005... SCO's "Press release" is only a reissue of the notice itself (as published on PR NewsWire). Keep your eye on the card... Watch the card... {POOF!}
So, when one group tested, their beaker was half-full, and when the other tested, it was half-empty...
NEWS FLASH: Anders Nilsson from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center presented evidence that chili is more loosely bound than previously thought when consumed at room temperature...
The article does mention the future vision -- wheelchair, environmental control, etc.
As an uncle to 2 children with CP, cousin to 2 adults with MS, and having early-onset Parkinsons, I'm keenly interested in the long-term implications in biomechanical intervention such as this. That said, I'm torn by the psyco-social implications of the rift in studies between cybernetic and purely biological solutions to the ills of human fragility. The prospect of two disparate solutions also ultimately brings about a social issue of new discriminations -- bios vs mechs...
I do take issue, though, with the notion of "To really be useful, the technology will have to get smaller, cheaper and wireless"... I absolutely agree with the "smaller" and "cheaper", but Wireless????
"Oh, gee, Mary. Sorry for decapitating you and spilling boiling hot coffee on Joe over there. All I wanted was to warm up my Raman noodles in the microwave"...
To be a viable, secure, reliable solution, I don't believe wireless is an option. The social implications alone are alarming.
I applaud the efforts that CyberKinetics is making, though the thought of a tack being shoved into my head is a less-than-pleasant image (albeit certainly better than the neural interface in the "Matrix")...
What I REALLY want to know is what the patient's secret for 70% accuracy in Pong REALLY is! Blows away my record!!!
Elements of the experiment have been attempted previously -- Do we remember that mockery of BioSphere 2? (no, not the appauling Paulie Shore movie, "Bio-Dome")
This site does a nice job of outlining the requirements of a viable biosphere or otherwise self-contained environment.
The thing that will prove interesting is whether or not the Russians will employ any of the information they learned from their CELSS experiments in the 60s , improving on the technology and science -- esp since the CNN article makes no suggestion of traditional CELSS techniques.
One of the things I found most curious about their proposed experiment is the sheer volume of material they intend to "bring along"... If I'm doing my math right (no guarantee there), 12 Tons of payload (assuming the need to protect the raw material and the need to divide the raw material into reasonable payload weight (per Arian 5 current specifications) (not including the habitat and its associated sundries) in current terms equates to, about $300M. That's just launch cost, and says nothing about development, storage, maintenance, docking, or any of those other fun things, bringinng the ticket (less development costs) close to $13B (figure another $30-50B for development costs). The other item of concern is the processing of waste.. If they're BRINGING their food, and not growing it, there's the associated packaging that goes hand-in-hand. Last I checked, that plastic baggie burried in my back yard with my dearly-departed hampster from 3rd grade is still intact.
I'd also be interested in finding out if they intend to simulate conditions and catastrophes a la MIR in their experiment. Or the effects of that mysterous space fungus , or bombardment by cosmic radiation. The record for space endurance is still held by Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov following his 438-day mission aboard MIR -- the long-term effects of cosmic radiation exposure are still unknown, and Russia is renowned for under-reporting ill effects.
As with many of my generation, the dream of cosmic exploration by the commomn-man is quickly being usurped by the likely reality that perhaps our grandkids or great-grandkids will have that chance. That said, I am hopeful that perhaps this will lead to private venture a la Ansari to egg our governements on to partner with private industry to actually move us beyond our 30-year-old boundaries.
Ok.. Sorry to do it, BUT... "Well, can you at least make it taste like chicken? Otherwise, I'm gonna shrivel up like a super model"
UnixWare with OS software at the core of its "enhancements" and "feature set"...
Harkens back to arguably one of McBride's likely favourite lawyers and a "famous quote" of his:
"Chewbacca is a wookie from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about that; that does not make sense. Why would a wookie, an 8 foot tall wookie, want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall ewoks? That does not make sense! But more importantly, you have to ask yourself, 'what does that have to do with this case?' Nothing. Ladies and Gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case. It does not make sense!" - Johnny Cochran in his Chewbacca defense
Any NetAdmin worth his/her weight in silicon will tell you never to deploy a completely unsecured machine if you want to limit the user's capabilities with it... Micro$oft offers group policies both with and without $M$, Novell offers ZENWorks, Apple offers something or another that I can't think of right now... Heck, if you don't want to do that, use something more cheezy (like M$'s policies isn't already?) like Fortress 101 or the likes. Limit what the user can and cannot execute -- define a list of allowed apps (and, for pete's sake, keep em out of the registry and control panel!!!)
Both $M$ and ZEN offer remote control agents, though I must admit that I do like VNC. The big draw-back to VNC though is name resolution -- how do you figure out who is who? Esp when the user has the ability to modify the computer name...
Besides, if they're stupid enough to give out all that hardware to kids (and I thought I was all the rave for getting extra time on the lone trash-80!!!), they've got to assume some responsibility and proactively address such issues....
And, while on the subject, what gain in productivity do these kids see by having yet another distraction everywhere they go??? I don't have a problem with technology in the classroom, but ONLY when it's utilized appropriately....
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The problem with that is that cache and "temporary" copies are not necessarily likely to be encrypted... For example, every time you open an Office file, a second copy (~whatever) is created. Also, not all users are bright enough (or are too lazy) to remember to place their "important" files into the safe. Also, the process of classifying "important" files becomes too subjective. Another consideration is user account information -- passwords and likes -- SAM, application credentials, VPN accounts, etc.
Pointsec was and still is the leader in FDE -- Gartner Magic Quadrant 7 years straight. Check Point bought them in December of '06, and has maintained (read BOLSTERED) the product since the acquisition. P4PC Works VERY well, is fast, and is ridiculously easy to manage.
My team and I conducted a head-to-head with Safeboot, PGP, Truecrypt, Pointsec, and Utimaco about 6 months ago. Pointsec clearly came out on top. In spite of that, management opted to go with PGP (something about a Golf outing???). It was a nightmare! After hours and hours of challenges (and plenty of consultant bills), management ended up canning PGP and went instead with Pointsec.
Deployment of P4PC was a dream. A few things that are nice is that the initial encryption process will run in the background, and can be interrupted (power loss, shutdown, etc). Decryption / forensics / recovery are all well documented and easy to do. Authentication can be done with password, SmartCard, and / or tokens (must be the dynamic kind). There's a helpdesk feature in the event that password resets or one-time passwords are needed.
AT&T recently threw out Safeboot and deployed 600K seats of P4PC.
Oh... Did I mention Linux (RedHat and SuSE) and Mac OSX support?
Non-competes are not uncommon in the IT industry -- let's face it, we're companies' intellectual property. A non-compete is a loosely "legally binding contract" between you and your employer; the extent to which it is binding depends on your constitution and the depth of your pocket. I've lived in the non-compete world and, unfortunately, witnessed the ilk and pain it can cause when vindictive former employers decide to enforce them.
I live in Pennsylvania, a state that was traditionally a "right-to-work" state. Unfortunately, the winds of change have been quite blistering in recent past. I am a network engineer, who has worked for a number of consulting groups (small and large); one of my employers enforced non-competes with a vengeance.
A few items of note to consider:
1) NEVER, EVER sign something you don't agree with, nor feel you can abide to -- I saw a couple of posts from folks stating that they signed and promptly ignored them. This is wreckless and dangerous, and may result in trouble down the road.
2) If you aren't willing to accept the terms of the contract, discuss "reasonable" terms with your employer / perspective employer. Be ready to provide justification and reasonable options.
2) Unless you're filthy rich, don't assume the courts will uphold your interpretation of the scope of the contract nor reject it outright. Contesting non-competes can be a costly and painful process.
3) In PA, the court system has recently upheld Non-competes -- so long as the scope of them was reasonable (time, geography, terms). In many cases, after much back-and-forth (and lots of $$$ to lawyers), a magistrate has rewritten the terms to make them "more acceptable." I've occasionally seen 2-year contracts written back to 6 moths or a year, with a geographic stipulation of 50 miles.
4) Generally, employers don't want to lose business, so what I've seen and done in the past is the creation of a "no touch" client list. Barring working for a competitor is often difficult to enforce (man's gotta make a living), but limiting the scope of the employment is not uncommon.
5) If you violate the terms, don't be surprised if a magistrate imposes a new term on the contract. This can suck -- I've seen it happen.
General rules to live by:
1) Be open, honest, and forthright with the process -- with both existing and prospective employers
2) Don't agree to something you can't or won't accept.
3) At the termination of your old position, explicitly note that you understand, accept, and will abide by the terms of the contract. This small gesture often goes a long way to diffusing situations before they occur -- esp if it's in writing.
4) Keep your eye on the target -- if your intention is to go back to clients, do it at contract +5 days, not earlier.
Hope this helps...
This, and many other fine movie and song quotations available for free preview Here!, and HEre, and Here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and here, and... Oh Crap!
Just for giggles, notice that Yahoo's notice for SCO Form 8K here says that SCO issued a press release in connection with the notification on February 17, 2005... SCO's "Press release" is only a reissue of the notice itself (as published on PR NewsWire). Keep your eye on the card... Watch the card... {POOF!}
Postings from an insensitive clod:
We all know the answer is "42" !!!
So, when one group tested, their beaker was half-full, and when the other tested, it was half-empty...
NEWS FLASH: Anders Nilsson from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center presented evidence that chili is more loosely bound than previously thought when consumed at room temperature...
As an uncle to 2 children with CP, cousin to 2 adults with MS, and having early-onset Parkinsons, I'm keenly interested in the long-term implications in biomechanical intervention such as this. That said, I'm torn by the psyco-social implications of the rift in studies between cybernetic and purely biological solutions to the ills of human fragility. The prospect of two disparate solutions also ultimately brings about a social issue of new discriminations -- bios vs mechs...
I do take issue, though, with the notion of "To really be useful, the technology will have to get smaller, cheaper and wireless"... I absolutely agree with the "smaller" and "cheaper", but Wireless????
"Oh, gee, Mary. Sorry for decapitating you and spilling boiling hot coffee on Joe over there. All I wanted was to warm up my Raman noodles in the microwave"...
To be a viable, secure, reliable solution, I don't believe wireless is an option. The social implications alone are alarming.
I applaud the efforts that CyberKinetics is making, though the thought of a tack being shoved into my head is a less-than-pleasant image (albeit certainly better than the neural interface in the "Matrix")...
What I REALLY want to know is what the patient's secret for 70% accuracy in Pong REALLY is! Blows away my record!!!
The thing that will prove interesting is whether or not the Russians will employ any of the information they learned from their CELSS experiments in the 60s , improving on the technology and science -- esp since the CNN article makes no suggestion of traditional CELSS techniques.
One of the things I found most curious about their proposed experiment is the sheer volume of material they intend to "bring along"... If I'm doing my math right (no guarantee there), 12 Tons of payload (assuming the need to protect the raw material and the need to divide the raw material into reasonable payload weight (per Arian 5 current specifications) (not including the habitat and its associated sundries) in current terms equates to, about $300M. That's just launch cost, and says nothing about development, storage, maintenance, docking, or any of those other fun things, bringinng the ticket (less development costs) close to $13B (figure another $30-50B for development costs). The other item of concern is the processing of waste.. If they're BRINGING their food, and not growing it, there's the associated packaging that goes hand-in-hand. Last I checked, that plastic baggie burried in my back yard with my dearly-departed hampster from 3rd grade is still intact.
I'd also be interested in finding out if they intend to simulate conditions and catastrophes a la MIR in their experiment. Or the effects of that mysterous space fungus , or bombardment by cosmic radiation. The record for space endurance is still held by Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov following his 438-day mission aboard MIR -- the long-term effects of cosmic radiation exposure are still unknown, and Russia is renowned for under-reporting ill effects.
As with many of my generation, the dream of cosmic exploration by the commomn-man is quickly being usurped by the likely reality that perhaps our grandkids or great-grandkids will have that chance. That said, I am hopeful that perhaps this will lead to private venture a la Ansari to egg our governements on to partner with private industry to actually move us beyond our 30-year-old boundaries.
Ok.. Sorry to do it, BUT... "Well, can you at least make it taste like chicken? Otherwise, I'm gonna shrivel up like a super model"
You've gotta wonder about the legitimacy of any MAC OS X Emulater who's website is running .net / IIS...
If they're smart enough to get Darwin running on x86, you'd think they'd be smart enough to use a REAL web server....
I am from Nicaragua! I need TP for my bunghole!
ARE YOU THREATENING ME?????
Harkens back to arguably one of McBride's likely favourite lawyers and a "famous quote" of his:
"Chewbacca is a wookie from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about that; that does not make sense. Why would a wookie, an 8 foot tall wookie, want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall ewoks? That does not make sense! But more importantly, you have to ask yourself, 'what does that have to do with this case?' Nothing. Ladies and Gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case. It does not make sense!" - Johnny Cochran in his Chewbacca defense
Thanks be unto Trey and Matt
Any NetAdmin worth his/her weight in silicon will tell you never to deploy a completely unsecured machine if you want to limit the user's capabilities with it... Micro$oft offers group policies both with and without $M$, Novell offers ZENWorks, Apple offers something or another that I can't think of right now... Heck, if you don't want to do that, use something more cheezy (like M$'s policies isn't already?) like Fortress 101 or the likes. Limit what the user can and cannot execute -- define a list of allowed apps (and, for pete's sake, keep em out of the registry and control panel!!!)
Both $M$ and ZEN offer remote control agents, though I must admit that I do like VNC. The big draw-back to VNC though is name resolution -- how do you figure out who is who? Esp when the user has the ability to modify the computer name...
Besides, if they're stupid enough to give out all that hardware to kids (and I thought I was all the rave for getting extra time on the lone trash-80!!!), they've got to assume some responsibility and proactively address such issues....
And, while on the subject, what gain in productivity do these kids see by having yet another distraction everywhere they go??? I don't have a problem with technology in the classroom, but ONLY when it's utilized appropriately....