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The Always-Encrypted Firewire Hard Drive

Posted by timothy on from the only-terrorists dept.

ducman points to the announcement of an encrypted hard drive running on the MacNN website. The drive features a DES 64-bit/ 40bit key strength and "is intended for use by banks, insurance providers, government agencies, and those individuals with sensitive digital intellectual property. It supports the IEEE 1394a connectivity standard, in addition to USB 1.1 and 2.0. It offers data transfer rates over FireWire 400 of 100, 200, or 400 Mbps. The SuperGuard is expected to be available February 7." Sounds great -- but the USB key stuck in the back looks like a likely point of failure.

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  1. with sensitive digital intellectual property... by simeonbeta2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does my mp3 collection count?

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  2. I have a cheaper solution by t0rnt0pieces · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you want to prevent someone from getting your data, just buy a Western Digital drive. No one will be able to recover it!

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  3. Re:worthless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    the key length is too short?

    is that a masculinity problem?

  4. Don't worry about losing the key. by Dthoma · · Score: 3, Funny

    'Cuz if you lose it, you can always bruteforce the encryption key anyway!

    *ducks*

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  5. Re:worthless by some+guy+I+know · · Score: 2, Funny

    the key length is too short.

    64 bits should be enough for anybody.

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