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Re: Abit's SecureIDE
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bear)
Mon Aug 25 19:55:56 2003
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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 15:55:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: bear <bear@sonic.net>
To: Mads Rasmussen <mads@opencs.com.br>
Cc: cryptography@metzdowd.com
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On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Mads Rasmussen wrote:
>
>There seems to be a new interesting product from Abit, a motherboard
>manufacturer.
>
>"SecureIDE", supposed to encrypt information between the CPU and the IDE
>HD.
>
>Have a look at
>http://www.abit.com.tw/abitweb/webjsp/english/SecureIDE.htm
>
>The idea is simple:
>
>CPU <--> Chip <--> HD
<clip>
>I quote:
>
>"40-bit DES (US Data Encryption Standard) is adequate for general users"
Interesting. Can these chips be usefully cascaded?
Bear
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