PGP and my brick of a laptop June 15, 2007
Posted by evilzenscientist in : Technology , trackbackSomehow my PGP passphrase got corrupted; there’s no way back.
PGP support tried - but my brick of a laptop needs a rebuild.
I was disappointed at how seemingly fragile the passphrase piece is; the support guy at PGP said he’d never seen it before.
Hmm.
Back to a new build; if it happens again I’ll be somewhat upset..
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Why aren’t you running SLED? No PGP to worry about there. You could natively encrypt your home directory with SLED.
Kennon
I was using whole disk encryption; it’s a lot cleaner with PGP than with using the encryption with ext3 or reiser.
Also - I have applications that need Windows.
Finally - I run Vista so I can talk to customers about their own plans and experience with this new platform.
Since you’re already running Vista, I’d recommend switching to BitLocker Drive Encryption. You can create a recovery password on a removable USB or escrow it to AD.
Dr Vic
Ah - we’ve talked about this on IM.
I’ll certainly try it on my other Vista box - I think Mrs Evil ZEN Scientist is due for an upgrade soon