Re:Self-encrypting deception: weaknesses in the encryption o...
by wlll on Monday November 05, 2018 @04:06PM
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> we know how bad general code quality is in commercial vendor firmware, it's not surprising to see this
Quite. My experience of firmware is that it's usually total junk, from Internet connected web cams, to HTTP routers, to backplanes for NAS devices.
I was putting together a FreeNAS box for home a couple of months ago and this was the first time I'd seen drives with a self-encrypting ability. I ignored it and went for software encryption.
Quite. My experience of firmware is that it's usually total junk, from Internet connected web cams, to HTTP routers, to backplanes for NAS devices.
I was putting together a FreeNAS box for home a couple of months ago and this was the first time I'd seen drives with a self-encrypting ability. I ignored it and went for software encryption.