Date:         Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:51:35 -0400
Reply-To:     Jim Groeneveld <jim2stat@YAHOO.CO.UK>
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From:         Jim Groeneveld <jim2stat@YAHOO.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Use of SAS with Encrypted Hard Disk??
Comments: To: Paul OldenKamp <paulo@SCHARP.ORG>
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Hi Paul,

Does that include encryption of the bootdisk C:? Is it still possible to
boot then? Might be dangerous I think; I would say there should be an
encrypted disk for data only, including temporary data, like the SAS WORK
directory. Some encryption software can encrypt a complete disk partition (a
drive with a letter in Windows/DOS), some can encrypt a partial partition by
creating a physical file (of any desired size) in a partition that is the
encrypted virtual disk (with its own drive letter), some can do both. I
always prefer an encrypted virtual disk.

I have been using (the free) Scramdisk in the past on W9x with SAS 6.12
without problems. The software does not support WNT/WXP.

Regards - Jim.

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:40:56 -0700, Paul OldenKamp <paulo@SCHARP.ORG> wrote:

>Hello SAS-ler’s,
>
>Does anyone have experience using the ‘PGP Whole Disk Encryption’ sold by the
>PGP Corporation(www.pgp.com) with SAS(9.1.3, Service Pack 4) programming on a
>Windows XP Professional laptop?
>
>Are there any problems accessing SAS datasets and catalogs or generating
various
>forms of ODS output?
>
>Has anyone encountered any problems with any other software while using an
>encrypted hard disk?
>
>My organization is adopting a new policy that will require the use of this
>software on all laptops used for work and I need to decide whether to
request an
>exemption.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Paul OldenKamp