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GIFF
Mar 13, 2008Aspirant
Encryption, (FDE or equivalent)
I would like to request FDE or the equivalent in a RAID environment. My budget does not allow for an impenetrable computer room and my entire life, or at least part of it, is in one spot, on your ...
jcollins
Mar 19, 2008Aspirant
When requesting encryption, you might want to talk more about your needs.
My assumption when someone says Full Disk Encryption, is that they want it such that the data is unreadable if the drives or the ReadyNAS gets stolen. FDE's not a solution if you want end to end data encryption. With a FDE solution, the data's going to be in the clear going from the NAS to the client computers (so if someone has a sniffer out, it's possible to get your data).
My assumption when someone says Full Disk Encryption, is that they want it such that the data is unreadable if the drives or the ReadyNAS gets stolen. FDE's not a solution if you want end to end data encryption. With a FDE solution, the data's going to be in the clear going from the NAS to the client computers (so if someone has a sniffer out, it's possible to get your data).
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