JFreak
Buck Fama
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Lol OK. So say I create a TS file in the Pentagon that will need to be accessed by various personnel from across DoD.. from AF planes, to Navy ships, to USMC elements on the ground. Just e-mail them a passcode huh? Got news for you.. it wouldn't work.With a key - whether something like the one used on a CAC card or a typed in password. We have email encryption that might not keep someone from obtaining the encrypted document, but it does prevent them from reading it. There are programs available to encrypt files, directories, and entire drives; one or more people can have the password. Encryption has been one of the best safeguards for transmitting classified information since forever. There's simply no reason an IT guy should be able to read anything that goes back and forth on a network. For lack of a better means many years ago, I simply zipped files with a password so that contractors or others with network access couldn't read what I considered sensitive information that wasn't their business.
And this wasn't just an "IT guy".. these are the Network administrators that literally run the network. So yes, they carry the clearance and are granted access to the information.. just like thousands of others across various enterprises. Glad you knew how to use WinZip but that isn't applicable at all to this scenario.