WTT: hard drives

[Onnotangu]

desktops too? what's the point? is it easy to walk out of there with a tower? I suppose they could just gank the drive though

drive gank is easier than you think. esp if the machines are not secured like they are supposed to be.

 

[BeerAd]

lcds have been available for a good 8+ years now

yeah, I just didnt think they were poppin out LCD's when the computer package had a 20gb hard drive. Rude awakening for me since I just recently switched from my old crt

 

[Jonny_B]

yeah, I just didnt think they were poppin out LCD's when the computer package had a 20gb hard drive. Rude awakening for me since I just recently switched from my old crt

fear not. i'm still using my crt's.

 

[thrawn]

since this is a tech thread...do any of your companies encrypt drives on your laptops? we just made it mandatory and I'm installing the encryption package on a few execs laptops right now

chase does

 

[fly]

desktops too? what's the point? is it easy to walk out of there with a tower? I suppose they could just gank the drive though

I believe PCI bullshit. It (also) makes it much easier to dispose of the hard drives...

 

[JAXvillain]

I believe PCI bullshit. It (also) makes it much easier to dispose of the hard drives...

we have some massive electromagnet drive destroyer thingy

 

[fly]

we have some massive electromagnet drive destroyer thingy

Apparently, that aint good enough. PCI compliance is a pain in the ass.

 

[Jonny_B]

we have some massive electromagnet drive destroyer thingy

Apparently, that aint good enough. PCI compliance is a pain in the ass.

every once in a while a buddy of mine is tasked with drilling holes through retired, but otherwise fine hard drives.

 

[Syrup Beaver]

I still only have a 20GB drive in my PC

 

[fly]

Ban for misleading threadcon.

 

[my little brony]

it's a crying baby, I felt it was appropriate

 

[fly]

dunno about free but this is what we're using http://www.credant.com/

Looks like we're gonna go with this solution instead of Pointsec. Very slick app. I thought it was gonna be shit because it doesn't do full disk encryption. I was wrong. Active Directory integration makes it sex as compared to Pointsec.

 

[b_sinning]

I want to get a NAS drive next. Anyone have any luck with ones in the home user price range?

 

[JAXvillain]

Looks like we're gonna go with this solution instead of Pointsec. Very slick app. I thought it was gonna be shit because it doesn't do full disk encryption. I was wrong. Active Directory integration makes it sex as compared to Pointsec.

the only thing I'm aware of that you have to watch out for is .pst files over 3gb have an issue and need to be split or moved off before initial encryption

 

[b_sinning]

Outlook .pst files can be annoying at times.

 

[fly]

the only thing I'm aware of that you have to watch out for is .pst files over 3gb have an issue and need to be split or moved off before initial encryption

No psts. We have .osts, but no attachments in them, so its pretty small...

 

[Jonny_B]

No psts. We have .osts, but no attachments in them, so its pretty small...

where do the attachments go?

 

[fly]

where do the attachments go?

Attachments get 'shortcuted' via a product called EmailExtender. They basically get archived off to low cost file servers.

 

[Jonny_B]

Attachments get 'shortcuted' via a product called EmailExtender. They basically get archived off to low cost file servers.

cool.

our setup has emails older than six months beint archived to a pst on the users computer in order to keep the ost files from getting huge. except that since the pst's are on the users computer they're not backed up, so we only have six months of email if there's a catastrophe.

 

[JAXvillain]

No psts. We have .osts, but no attachments in them, so its pretty small...

osts?
are you on pop mail??