Nate Duehr wrote:

> Matthew Mucker wrote:
>> In the future, Microsoft's BitLocker technology can solve this problem. If
>> the computer has a TPM chip and BitLocker is enabled, the whole drive is
>> encrypted and the key is stored on the computer's motherboard.
> 
> Why wait for the future, numerous OS's can do this today through 
> loopback mounting drives through an encrypting driver.

I'm not an expert in this technology -- and I'm not trying to push or
defend something here :) --, but Microsoft's NTFS also can create encrypted
drives now. 

But the BitLocker method is different from that (and from the encrypting
driver method you're referring to) in that the encryption isn't done by the
processor, but by a separate hardware device. Also, BitLocker seems to be
available now.

Also, some of the information about where the keys are stored and how it
works that has been discussed here seems to be lacking precision. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitlocker

> Yay, Microsoft will have it in "the future"!  (GRIN)

IMO it's always a good thing to check the facts before trying to get too
funny :)

Gerhard

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