top | item 11762432 (no title) de_dave | 9 years ago Allegedly it's 256-bit AES and would take thousands of years to brute force. (Allegedly, because of course there's no way for me to easily verify!) discuss order hn newest wepple|9 years ago a 256-bit AES key might take eternity, but if it's derived directly from 8-char ASCII the search space is tiny. Somewhat does depend on how it's actually implemented in hardware, however. DanBC|9 years ago Hopefully not like this: http://www.h-online.com/security/features/Enclosed-but-not-e...That drive claimed 128 bit AES, but they botched it. bb88|9 years ago Or even better, the key is determined randomly, and the 8 char password decrypts the key. load replies (1)
wepple|9 years ago a 256-bit AES key might take eternity, but if it's derived directly from 8-char ASCII the search space is tiny. Somewhat does depend on how it's actually implemented in hardware, however. DanBC|9 years ago Hopefully not like this: http://www.h-online.com/security/features/Enclosed-but-not-e...That drive claimed 128 bit AES, but they botched it. bb88|9 years ago Or even better, the key is determined randomly, and the 8 char password decrypts the key. load replies (1)
DanBC|9 years ago Hopefully not like this: http://www.h-online.com/security/features/Enclosed-but-not-e...That drive claimed 128 bit AES, but they botched it.
bb88|9 years ago Or even better, the key is determined randomly, and the 8 char password decrypts the key. load replies (1)
wepple|9 years ago
DanBC|9 years ago
That drive claimed 128 bit AES, but they botched it.
bb88|9 years ago