[OpenIndiana-discuss] self encrypting disks

[Richard Elling]

On Feb 8, 2013, at 6:33 AM, real-men-dont-click at gmx.net wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> given the lack of encryption in current open-source zfs I came across the so called self-encrypting-disks (eg.  HGST UltraStar A7K2000 BDE 1000GB).
> 
> Did anybody try to use them under OI so far?


Soon, many, if not all, HDDs will be shipped as self encrypting. AFAIK,
there is no OI project for managing the keys, however. I'm interested to 
know what the demand for these tools might be.
 -- richard

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