Andrew McGlashan a écrit : > > On 21/11/2015 8:17 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: >> David Christensen a écrit : >>> As I understand it, self-encrypting drives (SED) encrypt everything >>> (including the boot partition). To use this feature, you need a >>> computer with BIOS/ UEFI that supports it -- e.g. the BIOS will prompt >>> you for the password during POST; if you don't enter the correct >>> password, the drive remains locked and its contents are inaccessible; >>> doing a secure erase will wipe the contents and then unlock the drive: >> >> Assuming the vendor firmware has no backdoor or flaw allowing to bypass >> the user-defined password. > > Ditto for the drive's own firmware. ;-)
That's what I was referring to as "vendor firmware". The disk vendor, or course. What else ?
