Universal Disk Encryption Spec Finalized

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 28, 2009 @05:27PM from the surely-will-foil-the-nsa dept.

Lucas123 writes "Six of the largest disk manufacturers, along with encryption management software vendors, are backing three specifications finalized [Tuesday] that will eventually standardize the way encryption is used in firmware within hard disk drives and solid state disk drive controllers ensuring interoperability. Disk vendors are free to choose to use AES 128-bit or AES 256-bit keys depending on the level of security they want. 'This represents interoperability commitments from every disk drive maker on the planet,' said Robert Thibadeau, chief technologist at Seagate Technology."

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Seagate's stragegy.. by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-28 17:38 · Score: 5, Funny

brick your hardrive. Now it's secure.
Re:ok by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · 2009-01-28 17:41 · Score: 5, Funny

Just phone in a threat to an elected official, and the NSA will unlock the drive remotely for you. A handy service, and so responsive...