Universal Disk Encryption Spec Finalized

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."

Comments

My disk drives are made on Uranus

[Anonymous Coward]

You insensitive clod.

Re:My disk drives are made on Uranus

[Vectronic]

Those are rings around Uranus... .. . not discs... oh nevermind.

Illin with the Panicillin?

[Anonymous Coward]

Is she illin in the panicillin?
Is she chillin in the panicillin?
Is she stealin in the panicillin?
Is she feelin in the panicillin?

Panka panka

Is she liable no suitifiable pliable style is so suitifiable
Is she liable no suitifiable im not on trial but its suitifiable
Is she reliable no suitifiable not just viable but real suitifiable
Is she try-able no suitifiable lying in the aisle im real suitifiable

Is she spillin in the panicillin?
Is she squealin in the panicillin?
Is she feelin in the panicillin?
Is she trillin in the panicillin?

Panka panka

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Is it a style? no suitifiable im not on trial but its suitifiable
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modo uP

[Anonymous Coward]

first org4nizahtion

Re:True Crypt Source

[tobiasly]

If you read the post, he doesn't say that source isn't publicly available, he says there are no change logs or version-control comments available. Simply releasing a tarball of the source code goes against the spirit of most OSS projects, because it doesn't allow others to easily see what changes were made, when they were made, and why.

Re:that is true, Defective by Design.

[Lord Ender]

Get out of your mom's basement and work in real IT.

It is incredibly important for IT departments to be able to encrypt users' data. It is also important that those companies can prevent users from disabling the crypto.

And making the drives valueless to thieves? That's just icing on the cake.

This is good stuff.