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ABIT's Secure IDE Motherboard

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 30, 2003 @06:37AM from the there-are-few-absolutes dept.

Frank Caviggia writes "The Inquirer has a story about ABIT's spiffy new IC7-MAX3 motherboard. Apparently, this motherboard has a feature called 'Secure IDE,' which is marketing-speak for hardware-based encryption ... ABIT goes on to claim that 'Secure IDE' 'will keep government supercomputers busy for weeks and will keep the RIAA away from your Kazaa files.' Pretty bold claims for a motherboard maker ..."

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Re:Security by obscurity, cool. by hesiod · 2003-07-30 08:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

> a USB keychain--which has your special key

What's this? Someone who not only read the article, but looked for answers before spouting off? Incredible. I'd say Mod parent up, but it's already at 5. Congratulations, you are proof that the "system" sometimes works!