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Lion's FileVault 2 and disk restore: caveat encryptor

When Mac OS X 10.7 Lion introduced full disk encryption, called FileVault 2 , it was a huge improvement over the original FileVault, which only encrypts a user's home folder. And because of the "creative" way FileVault was implemented, there were numerous incompatibilities, gotchas, and caveats to its use. FileVault 2 on the other hand, encrypts individual disk blocks so the encryption is ...

FileVault 2 easily decrypted, warns Passware

Apple's FileVault 2 whole-disk encryption can be unencrypted within an hour, according to encryption and password-recovery company Passware.

Simple clear advice in plain English

If you’ve accidentally deleted important files, try this handy tool. Keeping regular backups is the best way of protecting your data, since that way you should have a second copy of your important documents.

Eight steps to restore an individual Exchange 2010 mailbox with System Center Data Protection Manager

Exchange admins often have to restore an individual mailbox rather than an entire database. John Joyner shows you eight steps to do this using PowerShell commands and Microsoft System Center DPM.

FileVault encryption keys easily uncovered, warns Passware

Passware, a forensic software developer whose Windows-only product is aimed at law enforcement agencies and other data-recovery specialists has noted that its software can decrypt Apple's FileVault encryption technology by extracting the login credentials from live system memory on a Mac using a Firewire connection. The company says that if the credentials are still in RAM, the process will take ...