[G4] Encrypted Hard Disk

[Joseph B. Gurman]

     Michael Ron wrote:

>I keep client material on separate, external hard drives.  One contains
>sensitive data. Do you know of a way to keep this disk encrypted except
>when we're using it? Is there a program I can use. Can't use OSX built
>in security since it's for the Home folder.

     If you can charge the cost of encryption to each customer, you 
might want to take a look at:

	http://www.wiebetech.com/products/firewireencrypt.html .

The various eWeek articles linked there make interesting reading on 
why one might, or might nor, want firmware-encrypted hard drives.

     Wiebetech (and I'm certain others as well) also offer external 
drive enclosures that take drive trays with key locks that can 
prevent the drives from spinning up.

     FWIW,

						Joe Gurman
-- 
"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by."
                                                             - Douglas 
Adams, 1952 - 2001

Joseph B. Gurman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Solar Physics
Branch, Greenbelt MD 20771 USA