> >No. Currently I have no requirement for network encryption.
> >I mainly use disk based encryption so that, in the event that
> >someone were to steal my computer, they would not be able to
> >access interesting data.
> >This is particularly important on my laptop.

> If someone stole your laptop with the encrypted data, would they not
> also get the decryption mechanism?

The would get the "mechanism" (the software) but they would not get
the passphrase. Without the passphrase they cannot open and mount the
encrypted volume.

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Geoff Worboys
Telesis Computing