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| Author: | dx486 [ August 27th, 2016, 7:43 ] |
| Post subject: | BIOS password on SSD and/or disk encryption? |
I see many threads on this forum about cracking BIOS passwords, especially "ATA" disk passwords. How secure is a BIOS password of a SSD? In particular, SSD of a Toshiba Portege Z30 series notebook? I am not holding government secrets however I am sensitive about my privacy and my clients' privacy. Do you think it is a good idea to rely on BIOS password on this SSD or should I encrypt its partitions using LUKS? What would be negative effects of using LUKS on SSD? Significant perfomance / lifespan drops? I know it is probably better to use software encryption (as well) but I want to hear your thoughts on this situaton. Thank you. |
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| Author: | fzabkar [ August 27th, 2016, 16:49 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BIOS password on SSD and/or disk encryption? |
Any device that stores the actual password on the device itself is theoretically exploitable. The fact that a manufacturer would do this begs the question, why? The only security product I would trust is an open-source one. To my knowledge, nobody has demonstrated an exploit against TrueCrypt or its more modern developments. You might like to read this paper: got HW crypto? - On the (in)security of a Self-Encrypting Drive series: https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1002.pdf |
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