On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Divyanshu Arora <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Fajar, > From what I've read online, they seem to be using AES, but I can't > confirm this as there seems to be no official acknowledgement on > Seagate's website. But as the encryption is not hardware-based, the > encryption's not really an selling point for the drive in this case > imo. Also, the encryption software they offer is Windows-only. > > If it was me I'd go for some vanilla hard drive which (possibly) > wasn't charging a premium by including extras like encryptioin, > because I've always found TrueCrypt to exceed OEM solutions. > > Thanks Divyanshu. I'm used to use gpg to encrypt. But it takes time since I have to copy the files 1st to a temp machine. I thought by using Seagate's feature it will be much hassle free, but I need to make sure which encryption they're using. Thanks again. -- Cheers, Fajar Priyanto Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org
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