18 characters with varying case throughout? At that point I'd have to write it on a post-it.
The one I chose happens to be 22 characters. The trick is to choose a phrase that is meaningful to you but also not easily discovered thru social engineering.
I guess I still don't get it -- tell me again why doing this in the HDD circuitry is useful?
Because that way the algorithm that *crypts the data always stays with it. If it were BIOS crypto, what happens when Phoenix uses AES and AMI uses Blowfish?
For that matter, it seems to me like it would make much more sense to have a generic hardware crypto device, so you can use it for other things
Single-use means: easier to implement and disseminate.
Next step - find out what the minimum passwords requirements are. With a password you're likely to type in every time the laptop boots, you can bet it'll be as simple as possible. For example, if it's 8 latters, must include capital and number, you can almost bet it'll be XxxxxxxN for a whooping 36 bits of security. Almost nobody bothers to type in a password to match the AES strength with any regularity...
Don't be so sure.
I had to install PGP Desktop and encrypt my laptop's HDD, and when it asked me for the pass phrase, there was a "strongness" meter that increased the more and more random the pass phrase. Using a combination of upper & lower-case letters plus , it wouldn't accept anything shorter than, IIRC, 18 characters.
Yeah, their decision to support those damn rebels in the colonies and help them overthrow their rightful British rulers, that was a real bad one!
You think it was because the King of France was a democrat? Or course not. French assistance of the American Revolution was "cold war politics" solely aimed at hurting England.
And that stupid statue they gave them, how inappropriate!
And ever since, bleeding hearts have have forgotten that "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses" is not inscribed in the Declaration of Independence.
Enterprise-ish is something that is professional, powerful but easy to use, and expandable to multiple conditions and types of users (from the office secretary to an ace developer).
"Enterprise" systems
handle lots of data
can be stripped down and highly configured to one task, or bulked up to be able to accomplish many simultaneous tasks,
don't choke when stressed,
are remotely administered,
are highly scriptable and automated,
are secure against viruses,
are constantly monitored (by eyeballs or automated systems)
"All" the college-educate conservatives (like me, of course) are the doers, who have productive non-academy jobs, whereas the left-wing activists, who Can't, teach University, valiantly attempting[*] (and mostly succeeding) to brain-washing young skulls full of mush.
[*] The only way for me to get a decent grade in Uni PolySci was to write a report parroting the Professor's beliefs.
I think you're underestimating "average" people, especially people who have every reason to believe that their plane is going to be flown into a building (and that they will _all_ die) if they don't do something.
The people on Flight 93 were just "average" people, but when they fully realised the situation they still fought their captors. I don't think that the character of the "average" person has changed that much between now and then.
It had been drilled into people for 35 years that in a hostage situation you sit on your hands and wait for the government to rescue you.
The "heroes" of Flight 93 were sitting on their hands! Why didn't they attack the terrorists at the fist real notion of danger? Why didn't the passengers on the other 3 flights?
Because first worlders are, for the past 35 years, pussies.
I think his anger stems from the fact that he feels TSA security checkpoints are completely inefficient. Many of them seem to routinely fail tests, and a number of threats still seem to get through.
Security checkpoints also sucked pre-9/11, when this function was still privatized.
I've been wanting a cheap laptop to essentially be a dedicated word processor for years. I hate waiting for a machine to load, and I abhor the distractions that a full service operating system offers while I'm trying to compose something. A command line interface and a 6 second boot time sound ideal to me. I can't be the only person who has an interest in a machine like this
The Tandy Model 100 portable computers were loved by writers and journalists as far back as 1983,
I've never heard of this. Granted, DOS existed largely to call BIOS routines, and much of BIOS existed largely to serve DOS, but I've never seen a PC that had DOS completely in the BIOS. Maybe you're thinking of cartridge BASIC, which was burned in on some machines.
It's not a more efficient thermal cycle or a more efficient dynamo. It is a new source of power - waste heat. OK, waste heat has been used before, usually for direct heating, but not for this kind of electricity production in utility power plants.
Not true. It's called Combined Cycle Power Generation.
The waste flue gas from the gas turbines heats water that then powers steam turbines.
Doesn't the toast need to be taped to the cat's feet instead? If the toast is taped to the cat's back, the cat will simply land on its feet and walk away with the toast intact (since the toast never touches the floor at all, the buttered-side-down rule would not be invoked)
I think OP is talking about the cat's continuous struggle to get the buttered bread off of it's back.
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The one I chose happens to be 22 characters. The trick is to choose a phrase that is meaningful to you but also not easily discovered thru social engineering.
Doable, but definitely requires forethought.
Because that way the algorithm that *crypts the data always stays with it. If it were BIOS crypto, what happens when Phoenix uses AES and AMI uses Blowfish?
For that matter, it seems to me like it would make much more sense to have a generic hardware crypto device, so you can use it for other things
Single-use means: easier to implement and disseminate.
Of course. Stop living in 1993. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip)
without providing a back door for Big Brother to access?
Depends on whether or not they want to sell into the Chinese market.
Don't be so sure.
I had to install PGP Desktop and encrypt my laptop's HDD, and when it asked me for the pass phrase, there was a "strongness" meter that increased the more and more random the pass phrase. Using a combination of upper & lower-case letters plus , it wouldn't accept anything shorter than, IIRC, 18 characters.
Because it's the only (publicly available) HDD with *cryption functions built into the circuitry.
Is this really any more secure than dm-crypt? Faster, no doubt, but more secure?
Probably not. But simpler for users/admins to put out in the field.
But closed-source, so we really don't know how well it was implemented.
I'm sure there are advancements over the NT5/XP codebase, but what does Vista (not MSO, or SQL Server or Exchange) do better than Linux?
You think it was because the King of France was a democrat? Or course not. French assistance of the American Revolution was "cold war politics" solely aimed at hurting England.
And that stupid statue they gave them, how inappropriate!
And ever since, bleeding hearts have have forgotten that "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses" is not inscribed in the Declaration of Independence.
"Enterprise" systems
Deserve what?
Brain-washing.
"All" the college-educate conservatives (like me, of course) are the doers, who have productive non-academy jobs, whereas the left-wing activists, who Can't, teach University, valiantly attempting[*] (and mostly succeeding) to brain-washing young skulls full of mush.
[*] The only way for me to get a decent grade in Uni PolySci was to write a report parroting the Professor's beliefs.
The people on Flight 93 were just "average" people, but when they fully realised the situation they still fought their captors. I don't think that the character of the "average" person has changed that much between now and then.
It had been drilled into people for 35 years that in a hostage situation you sit on your hands and wait for the government to rescue you.
The "heroes" of Flight 93 were sitting on their hands! Why didn't they attack the terrorists at the fist real notion of danger? Why didn't the passengers on the other 3 flights?
Because first worlders are, for the past 35 years, pussies.
Oh, him. Does anyone actually pay attention to him anymore?
How much "training" is it to say, "Scratch the Blue E. Now look for the Orange Blob."?
Security checkpoints also sucked pre-9/11, when this function was still privatized.
Who's Darl?
I don't have relationships with random other programmers (even if they are female and cute).
Was this supposed to be funny?
The Tandy Model 100 portable computers were loved by writers and journalists as far back as 1983,
http://www.datalight.com/products/romdos/
http://www.drdos.com/dosdoc/romhtml/romch1.htm
It's perfect for embedded single-process applications.
And in Taiwan and Japan in 1977.
But quite accurate.
When I broke my hand, it swelled up so quickly that it made a roughly half-inch long tear in the skin.
Needless to say, once the pain meds kicked in, I was fascinated.
For some reason I don't think countries come from beavers...
Hungery? Where's hungery? Are they at war with Bulimia?
How the hell does W get dragged into a rant about your stupid managers?
CF are great for that.
Not true. It's called Combined Cycle Power Generation.
The waste flue gas from the gas turbines heats water that then powers steam turbines.
I think OP is talking about the cat's continuous struggle to get the buttered bread off of it's back.