"Ali, Saqib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However, the hardware based encryption solutions like (Seagate FDE) > would easily deter this type of attacks, because in a Seagate FDE > drive the decryption key never gets to the DRAM. The keys always > remain in the Trusted ASIC on the drive.
I'm sure that the same sort of attacks used to get keying material out of other ASICs and out of smart cards could be applied to the ASICs on the drive controller board. No one has tried yet, of course, but I see no reason they wouldn't succeed. Perry --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
