ABIT's Secure IDE Motherboard

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 ..."

Comments

Shouldn't be hard to break if you have the MB also

[Shishak]

I'm assuming that the MB uses an encryption key on the data before it is stored on the HD. If the HD is removed it is worthless. What if the Gov't or RIAA took the MB and the HD together. The key is on the MB somewhere and should be too hard to find. I wonder if you can set it up so you need to enter the key everytime you boot the computer so it can store it and continue to encrypt/decrypt the data.