[FDE] Seagate FDE and SECUDE software

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You have the Linux or MacosX software, and you don't sell it ????

Mac and Linux = 8% of all market share and with progression in notebook.
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=2

What are you waiting for ? You did it so ...
If you are looking for a beta test for Macintel, you can count on me.


Jeff (the "Mac" one)

Le 13 sept. 07 à 23:51, Michael Jardine a écrit :

>    Jeff,
>
>    Sorry for the delay in response.  Theoretically you are correct;  
> indeed
> we have been able to authenticate to a dual boot machine (Linux/ 
> Windows).
> But the management software runs on Windows. So it would be  
> relatively easy
> for us to commercialize a Linux version if there was market demand.
> Adaption to OSX is also quite possible and we have already tested  
> it in our
> labs.  So if there is market demand, we can meet it.
>
>
>    Regards,
>    Michael
>    ________________________
>    Michael Jardine
>    SECUDE IT Security - Seattle
>
>
>    -----Original Message-----
> From: fde-bounces at www.xml-dev.com [mailto:fde-bounces at www.xml- 
> dev.com] On
> Behalf Of Jeff Johnson
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 12:26 PM
> To: fde at www.xml-dev.com
> Subject: Re: [FDE] Seagate FDE and SECUDE software
>
>    Michael Jardine wrote:
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 10:32:19 -0700
>> From: "Michael Jardine" <michael.jardine at usa.secude.com>
>> Subject: Re: [FDE] Seagate FDE and SECUDE software
>> To: <fde at www.xml-dev.com>
>> Message-ID: <016f01c7f307$610078d0$23016a70$@jardine at usa.secude.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
>>
>>       Zac,
>>
>>       A BIOS-based password can be cracked within minutes using brute
> force
>> software you can download from the internet. This is partly  
>> related to
> the
>> way the password is stored and used in BIOS.  Instead, our management
>> software uses a hardened Linux pre-boot authentication and the  
>> password
> is
>> stored in an area that is inaccessible to anyone.  No back doors, and
>> certainly no open Windows (bad pun, I admit).  In addition, we offer
> many
>> other functions for the single-user. These include single sign-on to
>> Windows, Password recovery, multi-user support, and automatic e- 
>> update.
> We
>> also enable instant cryptographic erase of the drive. To my  
>> knowledge,
> ours
>> is the only software that manages the Seagate FDE drives while
> protecting
>> your computer during both sleep mode and hibernation mode.
>>       An upcoming version of our single-user product (which we also
>> recommend for SMB's) will feature multi-factor authentication as well
> as
>> offline key recovery.  Our enterprise version offers centralized
>> administrative capabilities and although it easily scales out (our
> largest
>> customer has 70,000 seats), it can just as easily be used by an
> 'enterprise'
>> of 3~5 people.
>>       Perhaps the most important advantage is that our solution works
> on
>> virtually any PC.  If your PC has a Seagate Momentus FDE.2 or FDE.4
> drive,
>> it will automatically recognize that and activate the drive.  If your
> PC has
>> a standard drive, it will default to software-based FDE.  (Our  
>> product
> was
>> rated 5 stars out of 5 for Performance by SC Magazine).  In this way,
> you
>> can blanket your entire laptop systems in one go without having to
> phase
>> according to your budgeted refresh cycle.
>>       And yes, our software works on machines with TPM but in this  
>> case
> the
>> chip is on the hard drive and the keys are stored there. There are
> arguments
>> that this is actually more secure than TPM but that conversation is
> above my
>> level of technical knowledge.  In the end it becomes a choice as to
> where
>> you want to store the various keys that are needed.  As a member of
> TCG, our
>> goal is to offer choices that suit all users.
>>
>>    I hope this wasn't too long-winded!
>>
>>    http://www.secude.com/finallysecure
>>
>>
>>
>>       Regards,
>>       Michael
>>
>    Michael,
>
>        If Secude uses a hardened linux pre-boot environment, can it  
> be used
>    exclusively with Linux as the host operating system? The Secude  
> website
>    says "Windows XP Service Pack 2" for supported OS. I would think  
> if the
>    hardened Linux PBE could launch Windows it could launch Linux as  
> well,
>    or any X86 based operating system reliant on the same BIOS boot  
> device
>    (0x80, 0x81) pointers (BSD,  Windows,  Linux, etc).
>
>        Also, another user mentioned MacBook Pro. Adoption of the Intel
>    based Macbook products is growing fast, it is a great laptop. Any
>    solution for the Macbook EFI environment?
>
>    --Jeff
>
>
>    --
>    Best Regards,
>
>    Jeff Johnson
>    Vice President
>    Engineering/Technology
>    Western Scientific, Inc
>    jeff.johnson at wsm.com
>    http://www.wsm.com
>
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>
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