From: "Gary Britt" 

Sounds like just more copy protection for the MS Windows Tax if you ask me.

Gary

"Antti Kurenniemi"  wrote in
message news:4302d9ba$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Yea, I've always disliked encrypting data so widely. Encrypt only and
> exactly those parts (files) that you really really need to (and most
people
> don't have anything that needs to be encrypted), but definately not the
> system itself as it makes disaster recovery pretty much impossible. This
> one's also worded in a funny way: "By default, the entire system partition
> in Windows Vista is encrypted to ensure that hackers cannot get at your
data
> if your PC is stolen." - so, they can't get to my *system* partition, but
if
> I have a separate partition for my data, that won't be encrypted by
default?
> And that makes it difficult for hackers to get to my data, exactly how?
>
> Idjeets.
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
>
> "Geo"  wrote in message
news:430285a3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Secure Startup. As with Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows Vista will
> > startup
> > in a secure boot mode that prevents network-based attacks from infecting
> > the
> > system.
> >
> > Full Volume Encryption. By default, the entire system partition in
Windows
> > Vista is encrypted to ensure that hackers cannot get at your data if
your
> > PC
> > is stolen.
> >
> > Windows Rights Management Client. Windows Vista will include the latest
> > Windows RMS client.
> >
> > Integrated support for TPM hardware. Microsoft's so-called Palladium
work
> > will ensure that Windows Vista installs on TPM-enabled hardware are as
> > secure as is possible. Security features in the OS will store encryption
> > keys that rely on the TPM chipset, ensuring that your data will be safe
if
> > the hard drive is ever removed from the system during physical theft.
> >
> > ----------------------
> >
> > wow, just what I always wanted.. a secure boot mode so I can't interrupt
> > the
> > boot process to fix the system, an encrypted volume so even if my data
> > isn't
> > trashed I won't be able to get to it unless I can boot the system, DRM
for
> > all those who want to limit my ability to work with information in a
> > format
> > that I prefer, and Palladium which all by itself is enough to put me
off..
> >
> >
>
>

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