"Sebastian G." <seppi@seppig.de> wrote in
news:613dm4F1ff4uuU1@mid.dfncis.de:

> nemo_outis wrote:
>
>
>> No, Sebastian, it''s not nonsense. Windows XP has no such "option."
>> To boot XP from removable media you must resort to hacks such as
>> using bits & pieces from the embedded version - which is clearly a
>> licence violation.
>
>
> Nonsense. You can either use the preinstall kit or manually configure
> an unattended installation. Making Windows boot from USB requires
> nothing but moving the USB bus driver entry from the list of general
> I/O extenders to the boot bus extender list, and changing the startup
> type of the usb mass storage driver to make it load at boot time. This
> can be done for FireWire, SD Card and iSCSI targets as well, and
> requires exactly no data from Windows CE.

Yes, Sebastian, exactly as I said: you can only do it if you hack
Windows.

You have already repeatedly demonstrated that you can make errors faster
than I can correct them. Accordingly, I'm not going to further pursue
this latest error of yours since it has nothing to do with the matter at
hand: Truecrypt and full-HD OTFE encryption.


>> There is no doubt that Truecrypt can go on adding additional
>> features, bells, and whistles for a very long time. However,
>> Truecrypt v5, as it now stands, provides ALL the core functionality
>> necessary for complete OTFE protection of both the Windows OS and all
>> data on all drives.

> However, not on all setups. And "protection" is a quite funny term,
> considering that just some hours ago I had reported my full analysis
> on a privilege escalation vulnerability that has been carried over
> from version 4.3a without any changes.

Like all software, Truecrypt may contain bugs. The alleged bug you
mention does not affect its OTFE protection of the OS and data which only
truly comes into not play when the machine is off. Nor does Truecrypt
support every non-standard variant configuration, such as dual-booting.

However, what I said above is irrefragably true: Truecrypt v5, as it now
stands, provides ALL the core functionality necessary for complete OTFE
protection of both the Windows OS and all data on all drives.

Regards,