dual boot systems just got harder!

[Shamrock]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/27/schneier_infosec/

Security features introduced in Windows Vista will make setting up PCs to boot in either Linux or Windows far more difficult, according to security guru Bruce Schneier. Vista is due to feature hardware-based encryption, called BitLocker Drive Encryption, which acts as a repository to protect sensitive data in the event of a PC being either lost or stolen.

This encryption technology also has the effect of frustrating the exchange of data needed in a dual boot system. "You could look at BitLocker as anti-Linux because it frustrates dual boot," Schneier told El Reg. Schneier said Vista will bring forward security improvements, but cautioned that technical advances are less important than improvements in how technology is presented to users.
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"The fundamental security problems have been solved and now it's all about making the technology work. Installation, implementation, and update are key. A lot of work needs to be done on the user interface," he said.

Schneier is concerned at the possibility that Vista users might be bombarded with "endless" warning messages. Overexposure to messages will lead many consumers to ignore them and blindly agree to what applications are seeking to do, he added.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: Shamrock
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/27/schneier_infosec/

Security features introduced in Windows Vista will make setting up PCs to boot in either Linux or Windows far more difficult, according to security guru Bruce Schneier. Vista is due to feature hardware-based encryption, called BitLocker Drive Encryption, which acts as a repository to protect sensitive data in the event of a PC being either lost or stolen.

This encryption technology also has the effect of frustrating the exchange of data needed in a dual boot system. "You could look at BitLocker as anti-Linux because it frustrates dual boot," Schneier told El Reg. Schneier said Vista will bring forward security improvements, but cautioned that technical advances are less important than improvements in how technology is presented to users.
Click here to find out more!

"The fundamental security problems have been solved and now it's all about making the technology work. Installation, implementation, and update are key. A lot of work needs to be done on the user interface," he said.

Schneier is concerned at the possibility that Vista users might be bombarded with "endless" warning messages. Overexposure to messages will lead many consumers to ignore them and blindly agree to what applications are seeking to do, he added.

Ugh, damn. I hate to say it, but this is getting rediculous... I don't understand how there can be so many features that don't help the user, or be so user-unfriendly...

 

[spyordie007]

First of all dont pay any attention to anything off the register, it's got to be the 2nd worst news site out there (right behind the Inquirer).

Second BitLocker is an optional component that allows you to encrypt the boot drive thereby protecting your data with NTFS encryption that you would otherwise be unable to protect with XP. If you dont want to use it than you would use the OS just like XP (in this regard).

Despite what some may say the sky has yet to fall.

 

[stash]

Ugh, more nonsense from Schneier. How is it anti-Linux? You want to dual boot Windows and Linux, disable BitLocker.

I wonder if he thinks the other disk encryption solutions on the market are anti-Linux. Like, oh I don't know, PGP Whole Disk Encryption. Probably not, since he's on their Technical Advisory Board.
http://www.pgp.com/news/2003/newtab.html

Is PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Professionals compatible with dual-boot environments?
No. To support transparent encryption and boot-time authentication, PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Professionals updates the master boot record and is therefore not compatible with dual-boot environments.

That's what we like to call 'zero credibility'

 

[Budman]

just use 2 hard drives,one for each os.

 

[spyordie007]

Originally posted by: Budman
just use 2 hard drives,one for each os.

Assuming you even need to use BitLocker...

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: stash
Ugh, more nonsense from Schneier. How is it anti-Linux? You want to dual boot Windows and Linux, disable BitLocker.

I wonder if he thinks the other disk encryption solutions on the market are anti-Linux. Like, oh I don't know, PGP Whole Disk Encryption. Probably not, since he's on their Technical Advisory Board.
http://www.pgp.com/news/2003/newtab.html

Is PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Professionals compatible with dual-boot environments?
No. To support transparent encryption and boot-time authentication, PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Professionals updates the master boot record and is therefore not compatible with dual-boot environments.

That's what we like to call 'zero credibility'

It's different when it comes from Microsoft.

 

[stash]

It's different when it comes from Microsoft.

Riiiight...

 

[cubby1223]

Originally posted by: Shamrock
Schneier is concerned at the possibility that Vista users might be bombarded with "endless" warning messages. Overexposure to messages will lead many consumers to ignore them and blindly agree to what applications are seeking to do, he added.

That already happens with Windows XP. People just click on the button that is most likely going to make the message go away for good. It's just instinct now for many people to ignore what they say.

If Vista has even more confirmation popups that XP does, I don't even want to think about people switching over...

 

[spyordie007]

This just in, if you use NTFS encryption with Windows XP you wont be able to read the files from Linux. This is proof positive that Microsoft is trying to crush Linux!




:roll:

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: stash
Ugh, more nonsense from Schneier. How is it anti-Linux? You want to dual boot Windows and Linux, disable BitLocker.

I wonder if he thinks the other disk encryption solutions on the market are anti-Linux. Like, oh I don't know, PGP Whole Disk Encryption. Probably not, since he's on their Technical Advisory Board.
http://www.pgp.com/news/2003/newtab.html

Is PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Professionals compatible with dual-boot environments?
No. To support transparent encryption and boot-time authentication, PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Professionals updates the master boot record and is therefore not compatible with dual-boot environments.

That's what we like to call 'zero credibility'

Nice. What a scumbag.