throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 days agoAre there any use-case for those SSDs with hardware-based encryption? Is it a good idea to use one of those over software-based encryption?message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareAre there any use-case for those SSDs with hardware-based encryption? Is it a good idea to use one of those over software-based encryption?throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
I mean those ones with a pin entry keypad/touchscreen built onto the device and has limits on number of attempts.
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoProbably not by much, since CPUs have had hardware acceleration for AES encryption for a long time now. I always prefer software over hardware for encryption, RAID, etc… Because it’s portable and not tied to a specific piece of hardware.
Probably not by much, since CPUs have had hardware acceleration for AES encryption for a long time now.
I always prefer software over hardware for encryption, RAID, etc… Because it’s portable and not tied to a specific piece of hardware.