Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:12:18 +1300 (NZDT) From: Atom Smasher <atom@smasher.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Security Flaw in Popular Disk Encryption Technologies Message-ID: <20080227021221.61175.qmail@smasher.org> In-Reply-To: <9111966B-DB9C-41E3-9D30-168D668585A9@bnc.net> References: <20080223010856.7244.qmail@smasher.org> <20080223222733.GI12067@redundancy.redundancy.org> <31648FC5-26B9-4359-ACC8-412504D3257B@bnc.net> <47C345C9.8010901@geminix.org> <9111966B-DB9C-41E3-9D30-168D668585A9@bnc.net>
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On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Achim Patzner wrote: > You might want to take a look at eNova (http://www.enovatech.net/) who > are pointing at interesting hardware using their crypto technology. ================= the idea of closed-source hardware-based crypto disk drive may appeal to some, but i've seen too many similar things fail through stupidity, malice, etc. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2004/10/the_doghouse_le.html http://www.google.com/search?q=%22crypto+ag%22+nsa one probably wouldn't have to look hard for more examples of "secure hardware" that isn't secure. there's just no way that hardware crypto can provide the peace of mind that open-source crypto does (or maybe my tin-foil hat is too tight). -- ...atom ________________________ http://atom.smasher.org/ 762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808 ------------------------------------------------- "No two men are alike, and both of them are happy for it." -- Morris Mandel
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