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Re: It's a Presidential Mandate, Feds use it. How come you are not using FDE?
user name
2007-01-16 10:58:27
> Yes, encrypted disks aren't much good unless the OS
also encrypts
> (at least) swap space.  I note that OpenBSD ships with
swap-space

I think you are confusing "Disk Encryption" with
"Full Disk Encryption
(FDE)". They are two different beast.

FDE encrypts the "entire" boot drive, including
the OS, kernel and the
swap space.

Disk Encryption, on the other hand, only encrypts the non-OS
portion.

saqib
http://www.full-d
isk-encryption.net

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