As far as I know there are no programs for Linux that provide encryption of the whole operating system. There are individual utilities like PGP that may provide encryption for indiviual files but none that I know of that do so for the whole OS.
Whereas for Windows there are quite a few such programs available (e.g. check out http://www.securstar.com/products_drivecryptpp.php )
Only when such programs become available for Linux will I consider switching. Actually it's a bit strange that there don't seem to be any such progs given the privacy oriented mindset of most open sourcers. Does anyone know if there any projects on the horizon which are trying to address this issue?
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Sorry in my hurry I forgot the URL :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/defau lt.stm
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This is completely off-topic but, since time is of the essence and the slashdot readership is so large, here goes:
On its fron page news the bbc website is leading with a picture of Sharon with a Hitler moustache. However when you click on the story you get a 404 error. I find it extraordinay that a news organization would use this kind of tactic. Hence I'm calling on all/.'ers to preserve a record of this page before it, too, goes "404".
>>Well, let's see: If Apple has been uncommunicative about the presence (or absence) of any security holes, it is simply because they would rather not publicize the presence of particular holes.
In other words security through obscurity ?
Who does that remind you of?
And how successful has that policy historically been ? hmmm...
Just sometimes a quantitative change in technology leads to a qualitative change in society. Witness what the emergence of DSL has done to the music and movie industries.
Even if less than 1/100 of the claimed speeds were widely implemented this would probably signal the end of copyright as we know it.
Why? Users would be able to exchange a lifetime's worth of movies, software - you name it- in a matter of days or hours.
As socially disruptive as that might be one can imagine truly incredible new applications that would be far more socially disruptive:
Every internet user could in effect become a TV broadcaster if they so desired. In charge of not just one channel but many. The best channels, like the best blogs, could become hugely politically and/ or culturally influential. The big TV networks' grip would almost certainly be loosened far more than it already has been by the arrival of the net (I rarely watch TV these days, like many of my friends).
Even the above is just a microcosm of what could be achieved. Because if speeds of that order could ever widely implemented it would be like wiring together millions of neurons : you would end up with behaviour and results totally unexpected from examination of individual components of the system.
Knowing all the above how many people here are willing to bet that if the "Powers that be" see such a technology looming on the horizon they will not try to kill it or severely cripple it from the outset ? Personally, I believe that if a technology is commercially and technically feasible then, in a market economy, it is almost impossible to stop.
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As far as I know there are no programs for Linux that provide encryption of the whole operating system. There are individual utilities like PGP that may provide encryption for indiviual files but none that I know of that do so for the whole OS.p )
Whereas for Windows there are quite a few such programs available (e.g. check out http://www.securstar.com/products_drivecryptpp.ph
Only when such programs become available for Linux will I consider switching. Actually it's a bit strange that there don't seem to be any such progs given the privacy oriented mindset of most open sourcers. Does anyone know if there any projects on the horizon which are trying to address this issue?
Sorry in my hurry I forgot the URL : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/defau lt.stm
This is completely off-topic but, since time is of the essence and the slashdot readership is so large, here goes: On its fron page news the bbc website is leading with a picture of Sharon with a Hitler moustache. However when you click on the story you get a 404 error. I find it extraordinay that a news organization would use this kind of tactic. Hence I'm calling on all /.'ers to preserve a record of this page before it, too, goes "404".
>>Well, let's see: If Apple has been uncommunicative about the presence (or absence) of any security holes, it is simply because they would rather not publicize the presence of particular holes. In other words security through obscurity ? Who does that remind you of? And how successful has that policy historically been ? hmmm...
Just sometimes a quantitative change in technology leads to a qualitative change in society. Witness what the emergence of DSL has done to the music and movie industries.
Even if less than 1/100 of the claimed speeds were widely implemented this would probably signal the end of copyright as we know it.
Why? Users would be able to exchange a lifetime's worth of movies, software - you name it- in a matter of days or hours.
As socially disruptive as that might be one can imagine truly incredible new applications that would be far more socially disruptive:
Every internet user could in effect become a TV broadcaster if they so desired. In charge of not just one channel but many. The best channels, like the best blogs, could become hugely politically and/ or culturally influential. The big TV networks' grip would almost certainly be loosened far more than it already has been by the arrival of the net (I rarely watch TV these days, like many of my friends).
Even the above is just a microcosm of what could be achieved. Because if speeds of that order could ever widely implemented it would be like wiring together millions of neurons : you would end up with behaviour and results totally unexpected from examination of individual components of the system.
Knowing all the above how many people here are willing to bet that if the "Powers that be" see such a technology looming on the horizon they will not try to kill it or severely cripple it from the outset ? Personally, I believe that if a technology is commercially and technically feasible then, in a market economy, it is almost impossible to stop.