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aragonx_at_dcsnow.com wrote:
> This machine is always on. What I'm trying to protect against is someone
> taking the hardware and then trying to recover the information on it.
> Most of the time, I am remote and there are occasional power outages (for
> which I don't have enough protection). The machine is set to come back on
> when AC is restored. Therefore I would need the volumes mounted
> automaticly.
I think that we are looking at this from the wrong angle.
It really sounds like this machine needs to be located in a secured
environment, with limited access to the hardware.
In an auditable, secured environment.
>
> One of the things that I am considering encrypting is the volumes that
> store my email (/home and /var). I think the machine will operate fine
> without /home but /var (for the mail spool) might be an issue. Especially
> since it is my email server.
>
> I like the idea of having another computer store the key. However, this
> computer would have to be at a remote location. If someone steals one
> computer, they would probably steal them all (at that location). So far
> this is the best solution I've heard. Thank you.
>
> ---
> Will Y.
>
>
>
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Rob
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Received on Jan 14 2009
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