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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