To get to the key you would have to dismantle the drive's electronics to expose the chip containing the key and then you *still* may not be able to read it without inputting a password. software encryption where the key is stored somewhere in system DRAM). Being an FDE drive, all data on the drive is always encrypted as it is written to the platters (at least that's the claim), using a unique key that is stored in the drive's electronics and never leaves the drive unit (this vs. So a while back, I bought a Seagate Momentus 5400 FDE.3 drive (ST9320329) (FDE = Full Disk Encryption) with the intention of completely securing my data from even sophisticated attacks like DRAM freezing. Security theater: "security countermeasures intended to provide the feeling of improved security while doing little or nothing to actually improve security".
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |