Re: [CentOS] self-encrypting drives

2012-09-23 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hello Paul, On Wed, 2012-09-19 at 09:37 -0700, Paul Heinlein wrote: > Management of Full Disk Encryption (FDE) drives is usually handled in > BIOS or via central Windows application. I also expected unlocking at boot to be handled by the BIOS/UEFI, but according to http://www.trustedcomputinggro

Re: [CentOS] self-encrypting drives

2012-09-23 Thread Keith Roberts
On Sun, 23 Sep 2012, Paul Heinlein wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list > From: Paul Heinlein > Subject: Re: [CentOS] self-encrypting drives > > On Sun, 23 Sep 2012, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > >> As the interface for encrypting and locking an SED appears to be the

Re: [CentOS] self-encrypting drives

2012-09-23 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Sun, 23 Sep 2012, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > As the interface for encrypting and locking an SED appears to be the > same as for locking a normal drive using the security commands from > hdparm should in theory work. This is assuming the BIOS pads > passwords that are smaller than 32 byt

Re: [CentOS] self-encrypting drives

2012-09-23 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hello Paul, On Wed, 2012-09-19 at 09:37 -0700, Paul Heinlein wrote: > Management of Full Disk Encryption (FDE) drives is usually handled in > BIOS or via central Windows application. Indeed. The scenario I mentioned of course does not work when one boots from the encrypted drive, only if one att

Re: [CentOS] self-encrypting drives

2012-09-19 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, John R Pierce wrote: whats the state of support for self-encrypting drives in CentOS 6 ? these are becoming increasingly common on both laptops and for enterprise storage (particularlly nearline), with features like instant-erase via key destruction. Management of Full Dis

Re: [CentOS] self-encrypting drives

2012-09-18 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hello John, On Tue, 2012-09-18 at 18:12 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > whats the state of support for self-encrypting drives in CentOS 6 ? > these are becoming increasingly common on both laptops and for > enterprise storage (particularlly nearline), >From what I read on http://www.trustedco

[CentOS] self-encrypting drives

2012-09-18 Thread John R Pierce
whats the state of support for self-encrypting drives in CentOS 6 ? these are becoming increasingly common on both laptops and for enterprise storage (particularlly nearline), with features like instant-erase via key destruction. -- john r pierceN 37, W 122 san