(http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/02/19/0213237.shtml) (http://www.heise-online.co.uk/security/features/print/110136)
Be wary of untested encryption claims by secure harddrive enclosure vendors. The heise article contains useful and interesting info on how they discovered the actual encryption method being use by the harddrive enclosure. ===== Cracking a Crypto Hard Drive Case Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 19, @01:29AM from the easy-button dept. Encryption Security IT juct writes "A label on the box reading 'AES' does not ensure that your data are protected. heise examined a hard drive enclosure with an RFID key that is typical of many similar products. They found that the 128-bit AES hardware encryption claimed in advertisements was in fact a simple XOR encryption that they were able to break easily with a known plaintext attack." The manufacturer of the drive examined has announced that the product is being retooled and will be reintroduced later this year, presumably with actual AES encryption. ===== -- Soh Kam Yung my Google Reader Shared links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/16851815156817689753) my Google Reader Shared SFAS links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/16851815156817689753/label/sfas) _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
