Re: [PLUG] Fwd: Self-Encrypting Solid-State Drive Vulnerabilities

[Rich Freeman <r-plug@thefreemanclan.net>]

On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 11:30 AM <bergman@merctech.com> wrote:
>
> A better analogy might be:
>
>         The vulnerability in self-encrypting SSDs is like putting a good
>         deadbolt on your front door, putting a strong lockbox outside
>         the door with a spare key inside, but the lockbox has a preset
>         combination of 0000 that cannot be changed.
>
>         Oh, and every house up and down the block has the same brand of
>         lockbox, with the same combination.
>

Close.  They let you set a nice complex combination of your choosing.
However, if you dial in 0000 they open right up no matter what.


-- 
Rich
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