[bloopernova]

Ahh, right. You'd need bitlocker keys. Although I wonder if the central key server could be queried to obtain each host's key?

Also makes me wonder about a software configuration management system that operated on disks while the virtual hosts were powered down. With windows it feels like that'd be at least very difficult, but Linux could definitely be managed that way. Like an immutable operating system where changes can only come from the central controller, and the OS itself is written with that in mind. Dunno what benefit that might bring, but it's a fun mental excursion.

[TiredOfLife]

And what OS with what security product do you think the central key server runs?

[bloopernova]

Well, sure, the central key server will have been affected by this, but that's one VM to remediate/restore and would hopefully be done first. Or at least once people realize the key server is also down.