Seagate bakes security into hard drive By Joris Evers Staff Writer, CNET News.com Published: October 30, 2006, 1:35 PM PST
Hard-drive maker Seagate Technology on Monday provided more details on encryption technology designed to make life tougher for computer thieves. The Scotts Valley, Calif.-based company has developed full-disk encryption technology that can be built into hard-disk drives. The new Seagate DriveTrust Technology automatically encrypts all the data written to the disk, making it inaccessible to anyone who doesn't have the correct password when the computer first boots up. read more ..... http://news.com.com/Seagate+bakes+security+into+hard+drive/2100-1029_3-6130824.html http://tinyurl.com/yfmrlq -- Neil Schneider pacneil_at_linuxgeek_dot_net http://www.paccomp.com Key fingerprint = 67F0 E493 FCC0 0A8C 769B 8209 32D7 1DB1 8460 C47D NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency may have read this email without warning, warrant, or notice. They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse nor protection save to call for the impeachment of the current President. -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
