On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:21:24 +0000, Thomas Nguyen Van wrote: > Our company needs to encrypt hard drives on our machines running under > Linux Debian Lenny. Seagate proposes FDE solutions with Momentus 5400 > and/or 7200 > (http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/fr-FR/whitepaper/mb595_2_momentus_fde_sed_ii_sq_kit.pdf) > > This solution is very interesting because the password or the passphrase > is not stored on the hard drive but in the BIOS in their case. So that a > server can reboot without any human intervention. > > However, this solution only works under windows !! They don't plan to > support under linux such a disk. :o( So my question is : could you > suggest another FDE solution compliant with a Lenny distribution?
Hardware based FDE that uses BIOS for unlocking the drive should be OS- independent and I think the above datasheet is aimed to certify system integrators and their software solutions. I mean, are you sure Momentus drives do not work under linux? I would contact Seagate. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.01.19.12.41...@gmail.com
