Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:23:46 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru>, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: ATA Security patch to atacontrol Message-ID: <48E22862.3040004@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20080930094315.GA1653@hobbes.ustdmz.roe.ch> References: <20080929230655.GA16790@hobbes.ustdmz.roe.ch> <20080930023946.GA23425@icarus.home.lan> <48E1BEC0.6060407@yandex.ru> <20080930094315.GA1653@hobbes.ustdmz.roe.ch>
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Daniel Roethlisberger wrote: > Andrey V. Elsukov <bu7cher@yandex.ru> 2008-09-30: > >> Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> >>> Can you provide me datasheet and technical reference material to what >>> "ATA Security" is? Which ATA specification is this documented in? I'd >>> like to read it. >>> >> I think you can found it in ATA-ATAPI-7 vol.1: "4.7 Security Mode feature >> set". >> > > Exactly. Even though the actual T13 standard must be purchased, you can > find the documents and drafts of it online at various places by googling > for appropriate keywords. For example: > > http://hddguru.com/content/en/documentation/2006.01.27-ATA-ATAPI-7/ > > The ATA command set, including the ATA Security commands, is in vol. 1. > > In 2005, there was a much-cited article in the German c't magazine about > the security implications of ATA Security, which might be worth a read > too. It is available online in English: > > http://www.heise.de/ct/english/05/08/172 http://www.t13.org has all the latest drafts at http://www.t13.org/Documents/MinutesDefault.aspx?DocumentType=4&DocumentStage=2 -- Bruce Cran
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