InvestorsHub Logo
Followers 9
Posts 778
Boards Moderated 0
Alias Born 07/23/2003

Re: Vacationhouse post# 134444

Thursday, 12/07/2006 2:12:54 PM

Thursday, December 07, 2006 2:12:54 PM

Post# of 249257
VH....Data Recovery

But under some circumstances, that level of encryption could complicate matters for the user as well, argued Bill Margeson, CEO of CBL Data Recovery Technologies, based in Markham, Ont.

If a disk becomes damaged, for example, encryption can complicate the recovery process, he said.

“With about 25 per cent of what we see, the media, for various reasons becomes damaged throughout the platter surface. This really complicates getting intelligible data back. The decryption doesn't have enough to work with,” he said. “It does add another layer of complexity.”


The tone of the discussion is against encryption. If you damage the harddrive, how could you get the key to open up the data? I believe this would not be a major problem if the computer had the full Wave package with a key manager. If the computer was in a network, then the key could be reproduced to unlock the data. This all assumes the data is intact and not just bits and pieces.

Just my thoughts

1260



The tone of the st


Remember, draining the swamp to get rid of alligators, will stir up the snakes.

Join the InvestorsHub Community

Register for free to join our community of investors and share your ideas. You will also get access to streaming quotes, interactive charts, trades, portfolio, live options flow and more tools.