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Full-disk encryption. You enter the key whenever the system needs to be rebooted. I know at least one company that does this with all of their US-hosted servers

Full-disk encryption. You enter the key whenever the system needs to be rebooted. I know at least one company that does this with all of their US-hosted servers.

boucher 15y ago
And not servers hosted in other countries? I'd be very curious to hear the thought process behind that decision.
- kragen 15y ago
  Perhaps all their employees live in the US, so they consider it not worth the trouble to fly someone to Indonesia whenever a server in Jakarta needs rebooting.
  - nske 15y ago
    It's not necessary that they have physical access in order to do that, though.
esrauch 15y ago
This would only be protection against thieves that steal your harddrives, if the US government had your drives they can legally compel you to divulge your password.
- danssig 15y ago
  There are systems you can use to defeat this. One password decrypts the drive, another wipes it.
  - deleted 15y ago
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  - esrauch 15y ago
    If there was a court order for the decryption keys for your drive and you gave them a key that destroyed it, you would almost certainly be found guilty of deliberately destroying evidence.
    - danssig 15y ago
      If they could prove that that's what you did.
- kijinbear 15y ago
  The company in question is actually located outside of the US, and so are all employees who have access to the key. It keeps its servers in the US only because of issues with cost and latency, I think.