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Comment Re:No, disks with sensitive data have to be destro (Score 1) 168

There should be no sensitive data on any disk. NIST SP 800-88 specifies cryprographic erase. If the org has implemented a state-of-the-art security program, their storage servers should have HSMs that are used to encrypt said data. Simply separating the HSM from the drive meets NIST SP 800-88.

Comment Re:Sorry, You're not getting old drives. (Score 1) 168

NIST SP 800-88:
> "While most devices support some form of Clear, not all devices have a reliable Purge mechanism. For moderate confidentiality data, the media owner may choose to accept the risk of applying Clear techniques to the media, acknowledging that some data may be able to be retrieved by someone with the time, knowledge, and skills to do so. Purge (and Clear, where applicable) may be more appropriate than Destroy when factoring in environmental concerns"

FIPS 199:
> "Confidentiality High: The unauthorized disclosure of information could be expected to have a severe or catastrophic adverse effect on organizational operations, organizational assets, or individuals.

NIST SP 800-60 v2r1
> " Impact level is usually high where safety of major critical infrastructure components or key national assets is at stake."

This is to say, unless someone is going to die, the confidentiality impact is probably moderate, and the risk-balanced approach in 800-88 is cryptographic erase, purge, or maybe even just clear.

Comment Not necessarily all of Illinois (Score 1) 323

I actually live in the school district that has created the issue. You can find the original printed notice here:
    https://drive.google.com/file/...

From the language used, they seem to believe that their policy is enforceable by law. However, the actual text of the law says nothing about compelling access to a personal social network profile. This leads me to believe that a degree of incompetence has invaded the district's administration. Shocking, right?

I don't expect it to happen, but nonetheless I am telling my kids that if any authority figure at school asks for access to any of their personal accounts, they should defer to me so I can pass the issue along to the lawyer.

Comment Re:Dropbear (Score 2) 148

This comment is funny, because:
> 2013.56 - Thursday 21 March 2013
> - Added hmac-sha2-256 and hmac-sha2-512 support (off by default, use options.h)

So now, as I work to build an appropriate dropbear binary (or possibly go straight for the openssh package), I can sit here and contemplate all the time and effort that I am saving by using dropbear.

Comment Re:This helmet scares me. (Score 1) 126

Mostly agree with the parent comment.

Note that helmet-mounted bluetooth interfaces have existed for years, and many mid-to-upper range helmets are designed for those optional systems. Take away the HUD, add a modern smartphone, and I have all the Skully's useful-to-me features at a fraction of the cost.

Comment Re:Updated? (Score 3, Insightful) 117

The "new" news is the release on the A8-7600; and only about 7 months late. Most of the reviews for that processor were published in January, which is shameful really.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/...

But now that it is out, it is at a good price, decent computationally, very good power envelope. It's a good option for productivity-only desktops, at a fraction of the price of a 7850K or an i3-4330.

Comment Re: You asked for it (Score 1) 227

They shouldn't. Two other positions exist which would be more to libertarian liking.

One option would be to oppose the sanctioned monopoly that net neutrality supporters want to regulate. By providing competition, it will be easy for the free market to punish ISPs who choose to discriminate between traffic sources. A side effect of this choice is a snarl of wires on the telephone poles - one for each local ISP. Also, this option is unlikely to work where all communications lines have been buried.

Libertarians could compromise to a second option - the common carrier option. This position yields the physical connection to stringent government control (like telephone networks, power grid, etc) but allows any company to make use of said infrastructure. Essentially, the wire is socialized, but everything that it carries is free-market.

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