[FDE] PointSec

[jfvanmeter at comcast.net]

I also have to complete a vulnerability assessment and a pen test during the testing, did anyone try either? I was going to strat with Nessus and Back Tracks 2.

Take Care --john

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From: jfvanmeter at comcast.net
> Thanks for the Heads up Allen.
> 
> Take Care --John
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Allen <netsecurity at sound-by-design.com>
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Having been part of a large PointSec deployment recently, I can 
> > tell you that we found two problems: something called "pixie 
> > boot" which I never did get a clear definition of, and disk 
> > fragmentation.
> > 
> > Run defrag and checkdsk on all machines before installing. They 
> > wrote a little script to do it for all the machines connected to 
> > the LAN. With the pixie boot and the defrag/checkdsk fixes the 
> > failure rate went from 17% to 0.025%. We think the failed 
> > machines had hardware/HD problems anyway so they were just 
> > swapped out.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > Allen
> > 
> > jfvanmeter at comcast.net wrote:
> > > I was wondering what everyone thought of PointSec? I'm currectly getting 
> ready 
> > to test it. The test will be in a WIn2k3 SP2 R2 domain with the workstations 
> > being Xp SP2. Does anyone have any gotcha's that they would like to share, or 
> > problem areas that they found.
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advanced
> > > 
> > > Take Care and Have Fun --John
> > > 
> > > 
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