Data Encryption on ALL drives

Hi,
I like to know why i cannot put Data Encryption on ONLY a D:folder path. Why is this folder automatic created on ALL drives? A "user" save-harbor can be put on one specific disk, so why not a "default" one?
Thanks
Herman

Originally Posted by bbeachem
This is a feature enhancement request we have on our roadmap. The initial request from Administrators was to specify the folder and we would add it to all the drives. User safe harbor is a specific volume browse option, so that is why the drive volume is part of the safe harbor.
The policy define safe harbor is just a folder name (no volume ID is specified).
Thanks,
I'am waiting for the enhancement.
Herman

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Data Encryption Oracle

Hi,
I would like to know the best practice which we can adopt for data encryption .
We have an Oracle Database Table with a sensitive data in one field.We would like to encrypt the data in this field and store it. When the application retrieves this,it shows the data only for privileged users.Can you suggest the best encryption method which can be used for this
Thanks,
SSN

A new feature in Oracle Database 10g Release 2 lets you do just that..
To encrypt columns using Transparent Data Encryption(TDE), all you need to do is add a simple clause—ENCRYPT—to the column definition. Before you do that, however, you must decide which type of encryption and key length to use.
On a regular schema, suppose you have a table of account holders as follows
ACC_NO NUMBER
ACC_NAME VARCHAR2(30)
SSN VARCHAR2(9)
Currently, the table has all data in clear text. You want to convert the column SSN, which holds the Social Security Number, to be stored as encrypted. You can issue
alter table accounts modify (ssn encrypt);
This statement does two things:
1.It creates an encryption key for the table. If you change another column in the same table to use the encrypted format, the same table key will be used.
2.It converts all values in the column to encrypted format.
This statement doesn't change the data type or the size of the column, nor does it create a trigger or a view.
By default, the algorithm AES with 192-bit key is used to encrypt. You can also choose a different algorithm by specifying the appropriate additional clause in the command. For instance, to use 128-bit AES encryption, you can use
alter table accounts modify (ssn encrypt using 'AES128');
You can use AES128, AES192, AES256, or 3DES168 (168-bit Triple DES algorithm) as clauses. The values are self-explanatory; for instance, AES256 is for Advanced Encryption Standard algorithm with 256-bit key.
After encrypting the column, you'll see the following when you describe the table:
SQL> desc accounts
Name     Null?     Type
ACC_NO          NUMBER
ACC_NAME          VARCHAR2(30)
SSN          VARCHAR2(9) ENCRYPT

I install window 8 and Unfortunatly all drive format. And all drive mix, now i have only 1 DRIVE C. I want Bit locker Drive's data Back

Last sunday i install a window 8 and this window format my all drive & make it 1 drive (DRIVE C). Before all of this i have 5 drive in different size with 1 Bitlocker protect drive.
So i try data recovery software to recover my data. i got back all my data without that ( bitlocker ) protected drive.
so please guys help me how can i get back data from bitlocker protected drives.
please please help me.

Hi,
I sorry for your experience, but there is no way to recovery the data encryped by BitLocker untill now.
BitLocker is designed to make the encrypted drive unrecoverable without the required authentication. When in recovery mode, the user needs the recovery password or recovery key to unlock the encrypted drive. Therefore, we highly recommend
that you store the recovery information in AD DS or in another safe location.
Please refer to the link below for the statement:
http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/library/ee449438(v=ws.10).aspx#BKMK_RecoveryInfo
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

I was given the wrong macbook when I gave mine in for repair. I want to complain. Also, they wiped ALL my data off the hard drive. I want to complain to someone in authority. How?

I am extremely disappointed and angry with Apple service. I am a writer and booked three weeks in Spain so that I could finish my book. On the second day my laptop cut out on me asI was working on it, so I took it to Goldenmack in Cadiz. Not only was I given someone else's macbook when I went back to collect it, but then when I returned to the UK, the Apple shop in Brighton managed to delete ALL my data from the hard drive because I was unlucky enough to get a trainee on her first day. I have since learned she should not have deleted my data without even running a diagnostic. She told me she was going to 'restore' the drive. I took this to mean she was going to restore my work. But no! She erased the lot.
I complained and eventually was put in touch with a supervisor, who I was told had authority to resolve the issue. She said she would get the shop to phone me. That was ten days ago and I'm still waiting.
Ok so there's nothing I can do now to get back the three chapters of my book that I have lost and didn't back up, but the hard drive on this laptop is still faulty. I try to back up my work every time I use the machine but as soon as I attach an external drive, the whole thing shuts down. I can't use it any more as I can't risk losing any more work. This laptop is only just over a year old and this is just not acceptable, especially since I have really looked after it.
This is an appalling service I have encountered from Apple, and I am not going to ignore it. I have contacted the young chap whose laptop I was erroneously given, and the repair of which I paid for! (although I did eventually get a refund), to ask him if he had been given mine as well. He said he had been completely unaware that his laptop had been given to me and he is furious as he had loads of "sensitive material" on it." I have no idea in whose hands my laptop has been either, or indeed what damage it sustained while it was supposed to be in for repair.

Contact Apple Support:
http://www.apple.com/support/contact/
Apple - How to Contact Us:
http://www.apple.com/contact/
Be sure to refer to the repair ticket number.
Sounds like a terrible mixup.
Good luck & happy computing!

How can i get to itunes to store all data on an external drive

how can i get to itunes to store all data on an external drive rather than the drive ITUnes run off. I can get photos and music off but my apps and movies seem to go to the drive where itunes is run from?

See if this helps:
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My computer crashed and I have to get my data from my old drive to another computer, to ensure I get all my data what do I need to get. I have and ipad and an iphone. I need to get apps, contacts, pictures, etc. Is there a way to do this?

My computer crashed and I have to get my data from my old drive to another computer, to ensure I get all my data what do I need to get. I have and ipad and an iphone. I need to get apps, contacts, pictures, etc. Is there a way to do this? It was a vista pc and the new is win 7. I can grab the backup files, and music, but what about my apps? I do not want to sync on the new pc since the apps aren't there. Were are the app files located in itunes? Can I just copy them to the new computer?

You can transfer itunes purchases: File>Devices>Transfer Purchases
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Ejecting an encrypted Time Machine drive always prompts "Eject All"

Whenever I eject my encrypted Time Machine drive, Finder reports that the drive has more than one partition and asks if I want to eject just the Time Machine partition or all. So I have to hit "Eject All" in this dialog every time I want to disconnect my MacBook from my Time Machine drive.
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I wouldn't use RAID for TM, but...
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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4062015?start=0&tstart=0

I backed up files onto an external hard rive form my old PC. Now I want to retrieve the files to put on my mac but it is telling me to format it to Mac. How can I do this without erasing all of the data on my hard drive?

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Your drive was used with a PC and formatted NTFS which is proprietary Microsoft format.
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The logic board on my MacBook Pro has failed. How do I retrieve all my data from the hard drive?

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JDBC Thin Driver Support for Data Encryption and Integrity

Hello JDev Team,
I am trying to implement JDBC Thin Driver Support for Data Encryption and Integrity.
It works fine with java.sql.Connection and java.util.Properties like in the following code:
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sessionInfo1.setConnectionInfo(new LocalConnection("JDBCThin"));
sessionInfo1.publishSession();
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Is there any way to implement DataEncryption and Integrity into this type of connection?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Victor Bykov
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Victor,
No, you can't do this from DAC, but I've been discussing it with the developer, and we both think this capability would be useful to have, so I've logged it as an enhancement request.
I do have a question for you. Once you've made the JDBC connection, do you need access to the Connection object afterwards? We're thinking of how the change could be implemented, and one way would be to allow you to pass in a Properties object when creating your own NamedConnection.
Thanks
Blaise

Help!!! Lost all data on internal & FireWire drives

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Now what? I am going to try Data Rescue but it is not looking good.
Any other ideas?

Not as nasty, but a failed XCode 4 install rendered by boot drive unbootable. I did not loose data on any other of the 4 internal and 2 external drives that were attached at the time, including the boot drive. The install for the latest XCode that supports iOS 4.3.1 stalled about 2/3 the way while it was moving files. I did a hard reboot after 20 minutes without progress. I get as far as the Apple logo and spinning indicator, but cannot complete booting, even in safe mode. I can access everything on the corrupt boot drive including fixing permissions and checking the disk, but still cannot boot to it even though it is listed as a boot option. I now am backing up the data from the corrupt drive and will restore the drive from a somewhat outdated backup boot drive.

Data migration from rescued drive to new internal drive

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I tried it and i got the runtime error with "Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library"
When I tried a part of options, that is no problem at all. However, when i select all options, the memory usage is increase and then the error will be returned.
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Time Machine encryption - after restart, drive won't mount

Hi all.
I enabled Time Machine on my Drobo drive, enabling encryption. All was good, Time Machine started encrypting away.
I restarted my Mac, and now my Drobo won't mount.
In Disk Utility, it looks like this:
I'm unable to verify, repair or mount the disk.
I wasn't prompted for the Time Machine encryption key, I assume that this is stored in my Keychain and unlocked on the fly?
But regardless - I'm unsure of what to do next! I've got quite a bit of data on the drobo, and didn't expect it to render the drive completley useless. I'll be gutted if I lose my files on my Drobo besides the Time Machine backup I had.
Any help, suggestions, advice would be much appreciated.
Update: Output from Disk Utility when trying to verify the drive:
Verifying partition map for “Drobo”
Checking prerequisites
Checking the partition list
Checking for an EFI system partition
Checking the EFI system partition’s size
Checking the EFI system partition’s file system
Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
Checking storage system
Checking volume.
disk1s2: Scan for Volume Headers
Invalid Volume Header @ 8795614850560: unsupported format
disk1s2: Scan for Disk Labels
Invalid Disk Label @ 8795598069760: cksum mismatch
Invalid Disk Label @ 8795602264064: cksum mismatch
Invalid Disk Label @ 8795606458368: cksum mismatch
Invalid Disk Label @ 8795610652672: cksum mismatch
/dev/disk1s2 is not a CoreStorage volume
Problems were found with the partition map which might prevent booting
Error: Storage system verify or repair failed.

Here is the output of `diskutil coreStorage list`:
>: diskutil coreStorage list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 493EC175-1234-465E-B6F5-324615AD2B94
    =========================================================
    Name:         -none-
    Sequence:     0
    Free Space:   0 B (0 B)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 92E1ADAF-4567-40C6-BA94-4DB39023E3F3
        Index:    0
        Disk:     disk1s2
        Status:   Failed
        Size:     -none-
Not looking good? But I badly need to recover the data on this drive. How can I ever trust Time Machine to backup my files in the future if it corrupts things like this?

Looking for ideas regarding encrypting a network drive used by 2 OSX Macs

I was thinking of getting a networked HD (connected by Ethernet to my wireless router) to enable my two Macs (wife's tower running 10.3.9, my Powerbook running 10.5.8) to store each of our iPhotos, iMovies, iTunes, etc. libraries on one network drive (rather than on each Mac's HD.)
Since the Powerbook is so portable, and equipped with Airport, it would be the logical CPU to position next to our living room HDTV - using one Audio cable and one DVD-to-HDMI cable. Then, either user could log into their own account on the Powerbook and wirelessly access the networked HD to display their personal iPhoto, iMovie, etc. library contents over the TV.
But I wonder... if wife normally maintains her iPhoto library by logging into her G4 tower, maybe OSX's permissions will thwart her from accessing it when she logged into her account on the Powerbook because she would appear to be a different user.
I also wonder if It would also be wise...or even possible... to encrypt the networked drive, somehow, to add another level of security to the files, since anyone who managed to hack thru my Router might potentially be able to read all the files on the HD. The router companies lead us to believe WEP and other protocols are totally secure, but I've also read that these can be hacked by some individuals. This being a 1TB networked drive, I expect some other data might get backed up to it, too, making the security issue a bit more of a concern.
The security and encryption issues in this scenario are muddy to me....but it seems like this is could be a great way to securely consolidate both users' iPhotos and other media on one network drive, accessible from either computer with appropriate logins....or would there be some show-stopping 'gotcha'? What do you think?

instead of having to boot up both Macs, initiate file sharing, fumble to get things mounted, etc. each time ...
You can leave the desktop Mac to time out and go to sleep. and set "wake on Ethernet Administrator Access", which should allow you to wake it up and get files.
the Powerbook uses OSX 5.8 while the G4 tower is on Panther.
That does not present a problem or File Sharing, which can be made compatible across a wide \[but not infinite] range or Mac Operating Systems.
So they aren't using the same version of iPhoto...the G4 uses iPhoto6, and the Powerbook uses iPhoto 9.
Our household runs a mix of 10.4 and 10.5, having just upgraded the faster Macs to 10.5. We have our entire iPhoto library in iPhoto 8 \[iLife '08], which supports the range of Mac OS we are using, and many features including ordering prints (but not face-recognition). If you want to combine your libraries, perhaps you could drop back to iPhoto 8 and re-import the iPhoto9 stuff, and upgrade to iPhoto 8 on the G4/400. \[You CAN run 10.5.8 on a G4/400, but you have to use some hacks to install it, and it may be a little sluggish at times. Then you could simply upgrade to iPhoto 9 all around.
Encrypting an entire drive makes me really queasy. I have spent too many hours digging out after drive failures and software errors have clobbered a drive, and no matter how hard you work at recovery, at least a few files always get lost. When you encrypt an entire drive, the Operating System sees the whole drive as one big file -- and errors in that file may make that file (your entire drive) unrecoverable. A friend of mine had just such a disaster at home when a drive space enhancer called "Stacker" blew up on him.
If you put Quicken or other financial data on your home Server or shared drive, I would still not worry about it, but if it keeps you up at night, you could encrypt just the financial data file (and keep it backed up religiously).
Because I do support for schools, I have also implemented Mac OS X Server at home. With a school-like setup, ALL users files are on the Server, and any user can use any Mac, their files just "appear" when they log in. File Sharing underlies everything, but it is all done without thinking about it -- the Server just does it. But Server is a US$500 package (down from $1000) that requires a dedicated Mac and a lot of fiddling, so I do not recommend it for your situation.
One thing I do recommend, if you are going to store files on your network, is to try to upgrade/add an Ethernet Switch at Gigabit Ethernet speed, if possible. The Router does not need that speed, but Mac-to-Mac (if you go the File Sharing route) or Mac-to-Network_Drive (if you go that route) will be much more responsive. If your G4/400 does not have Gigabit Ethernet, you can get a PCI slot card for it. Or maybe upgrade it to a newer old Mac that can run 10.5.8 without hacks.
Message was edited by: Grant Bennet-Alder

Moving Data from old hard drive to new hard drive

I'm posting this question in this category , I hope it's the right place. Here's my situation and general information. I have a Toshiba L35 S2161 laptop, it's about 5 yrs old, running WinXP Service Pack 3. just got the blue screen, wouldn't boot, tried everything and I only have the factory provided "recovery" disc that will wipe my drive and lose all my data if I use it. I hadn't been doing regular backups, so I want to save as much if not all of my data as I can. I don't want to spend time here going over everything I've tried (boot disc like Knoppix, etc) which didn't work, just need to get to the bottom line and make sure I'm doing the next steps correctly.
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l. Remove old hard drive from laptop
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6. This is the step I'm not sure what or how to do next. I would like to clone my entire old drive onto the new drive but I'm afraid if I do that it might load damaged files that would mess up my new install. I purchased a disc enclosure with a USB cable (haven't received it yet), and was going to use that somehow. I presume I will plug it in and it will show up as an external drive and I can access that drive and transfer my priority files or data first and then try to transfer as much more as I can....
I need further help and information about this last step...the critical data transfer method. There are cloning kits that are plug and play and would transfer my entire system as it was before the blue screen, but again, I'm concerned about transferring everything onto a clean install and finding myself with a computer that won't boot again because it transferred a bad file. Also, would it overwrite or interfere with the clean install on the new drive? I'm stuck at this point....hopefully someone out there can walk me through this final step with the best option for transfer. I'm trying to avoid purchasing pricey software like Acronis (which I looked at online and it seemed difficult to use, to figure out what to transfer).
My laptop is obviously out of warranty, being five years old, and I am not interested in taking it in to repair tech, I want to do this myself and I think I can with a few helpful tips. Thanks for any help asap...

Hi!
The error message I received on the blue screen was "unmountable boot volume" which leads me to believe i have a corrupted MBR. This fiasco happened when I turned off my computer when it was running a program (I know, bad thing to do).
I'm waiting on a new hard drive with a 120 GB (my old drive was 80GB). I was told not to go above 120 or I'd have partition problems.
The SATA drive enclosure powers up the old drive (I can hear the disc spinning) so the disc isn't dead. If I''d have the full retail vesion of WinXP I would of course have used the recovery console, but I only had the toshiba recovery disc that came with my system. Also, I couldn't burn a CD boot disc...didn't have access to another computer nor would a tech friend do it for me as he apparently made a disc for someone and their system crashed so I had no choice but to buy a new drive and try to transfer the data via the SATA external drive/usb cable.
My big question now is: Will the Toshiba recovery disc actually reformat my new drive? Someone on another forum with a Toshiba laptop had purchased a new drive, used the recovery disc and the cd just went into a constant loop and never went into a full install. I'm thinking that maybe on a new drive there isn't enough knowledge base there for the recovery disc to install and reformat a new disc. That would be a bummer because then I'd have no choice but to purchase a retail version of WinXP which I was hoping not to have to do. Thats' getting into some $$ when added to all the other thing I've tried to get this laptop up and running . (A Knoppix live CD boot disc didn't work either).
I don't know what service pack was on the old disc...possibly SP2, but if it was only SP1, I fear it's not going to have the ability to format a new disc. The disc does have drivers, etc. but the question is, are they able to install the OS. I was running XP3 when it crashed, so I know i would have to download that again. I just want to get the darned system back up and running with my new drive and restore disc. IF I can do that, then I'll try to transfer the data from the old drive via the external drive enclosure.
I also decided against the clone....I was afraid I'd be cloning a bad disc or errors onto a new drive, and didnt' want to stress a possibly wonky drive even more than it possibly is.
So, that's where I'm at now! Thanks so much for any further insight into this....something tells me the recovery disc isn't going to format my new drive but fingers crossed...more thoughts/feedback appreciated!

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