fzabkar wrote:
michael chiklis wrote:
DR-Kiev wrote:
You can easy find out which encryption board has been used by the type of key-sector stored on special LBA .
You mean the boot sector?
LBA 63 or LBA 2048 for windows boot record?
AIUI, there is a "key sector" beyond the end of the visible user area. When the drive is inside the enclosure, the drive's capacity is cut slightly by the bridge firmware. The cut section holds the VCD (if it exists) and the key sector. IIUC, the key sector is backed up in the SA.
Yes, this is correct. The PEK sector holds the encryption key and is at a specific sector beyond the user area. This sector depends on the capacity of the hard drive and the encryption chip being used. For drives of the same capacity and same bridge, this sector is always in the same location.
And yes in most cases there is a backup copy residing in one of the firmware modules in the SA.
The Oxford bridge is somewhat different to the usual Initio, JMS or Symwave though and a right royal PITA!
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