Richard lives in a faraday cage :-) The reasons I prefer software encryption is that algorithms can be compromised. A software encryption system can be updated, and re-encrypt your data. While firmware can also do the same thing it is more difficult. Additionally you can set the BIOS/frmware password on your system even though you are using LUKS or some other disk encryption. Also, consider how valuable your data might be to a thief. If your data contains many peoples accounts and SSNs, then the data would be considerably more valuable then let's say a few of your credit card numbers.
On 10/01/2014 11:19 AM, Bill Bogstad wrote: > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Richard Pieri <richard.pi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Meh. >> >> Today, if someone were to ask my opinion I'd say "no" to any and every >> software-based disk encryption system. If you want to encrypt the entire >> disk then get a self-encrypting disk and set a BIOS/firmware password on >> the host. > Because you trust the firmware provided by the disk drive manufacturer? You > clearly aren't wearing your tin foil hat today. > -- Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:B7F14F2F PGP Key fingerprint: D937 A424 4836 E052 2E1B 8DC6 24D7 000F B7F1 4F2F
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