Hi James, You may be able to put these encrypting drives into a external enclosure, but note that you will still need some sort of software to unlock (i.e. authenticate the user) to the drives.
The software that will unlock the drive in the pre-boot phase will be VERY different from the software that unlocks the drive after the OS has booted. If you are using BIOS ATA Lock to unlock the drive then you will be UNable to use the external drive unless the external drive is your booting drive. Another thing to keep in mind is that the software that unlocks the drive in the post-boot phase will have to very well designed, robust and far more secure then it's pre-boot counterpart, as more attacks are possible once OS is booted. This is what Seagate is designing for its external FDE drive - Maxtor BlackArmor Saqib > Although I am not AWARE of any 500gb drives, Fujistsu recently announced > their 320 GB, 2.5 inch (notebook sized) 7200 RPM Drive with HARDWARE 256 AES > embedded into the drive. > This small drive is ideal for portability. Just whack em into an external > enclosure. Hell! Buy two, to make up to your 500 GB. _______________________________________________ FDE mailing list [email protected] http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde
