-------- In message <e1yotjj-0004ui...@elasmtp-mealy.atl.sa.earthlink.net>, Henry Baker writes:
>BTW, what's the point of AES encryption on this pre-p0wned device? >More security theatre? > >http://hothardware.com/reviews/samsung-portable-ssd-t1-review It's so that you can decommision the drive without destroying it. Pulverizing electronics gets you hazardous waste under EU's ROHS/WEEE rules. Throwing away the AES key gives you run-of-the-mill electronic garbage. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
