Hello Kelly, We are not doing encryption with tape drives, but have been asking the questions. My understanding is that lto-3's do not do encryption, have you heard something different. The encryption of the lto-4's is listed on the web site www.lto.org.
http://www.lto.org/newsite/html/news_4_11_07.html "For additional security, generation 4 supports 256-Bit AES-GCM encryption capabilities at the tape drive level that are designed to enable the writing of encrypted data to the LTO Ultrium tape cartridge, helping to protect the storage and transport of sensitive information. " I do not know how true it is, but I heard that the lto-4's might use the same method's as the TS1120. len -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Lipp Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 2:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ADSM-L] LTO Tape Encryption Ideas Folks, I've looked at the Redbook highlighting TS1120 tape encryption to get the overall idea. In the more general case of LTO3 and LTO4 drives, which can encrypt data, how are folks implementing this? Thanks, Kelly J. Lipp VP Manufacturing & CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 [EMAIL PROTECTED]