[Ti] File Vault

[Dr. Trevor J. Hutley]

At 02:23 -0600 30/12/03, Robert Nicholson wrote:
>How many folks are trusting File Vault?
>
>Specifically I'm interested in securing my home area however I 
>currently have Music and Photos and Images which considerably adds 
>to my $HOME
>
>So, I was wondering how many people here actually trust and feel 
>comfortable having
>all their information in one image file albiet encrypted?
>
>I'm interested in encrypting a documents folder as well as my Mail 
>folder in case of theft.

The idea of encryption sounds good.

For a long time, I have kept all my passwords and codes and PIN cdes 
and PUK codes etc in a locked Excel spreadsheet.

I tried Filevault, now that I am using 10.3.2.

BUT Retrospect (my backup software) did not seem to cope with the 
File Vault.  This meant that all my key files were encrypted, but not 
backed up.  So I decided to turn File Vault off.  Backup is more 
important to me than encryption of all my files.

It is unfortunate that the imnplementation of FileVault does not 
allow (as far as I know) the user to define the section of the disk 
to be encrypted.   It is fixed as the user "home".  We do not all 
want to follow this way of managing our files.

So for me, the Powerbook screensaver password, plus my locked Excel 
spreadsheet, provides the level of security I need, taking in to 
account the primary need for backup.

regards,  Trevor