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As far as I know, no other popular full-disk encryption (LUKS, geli, FileVault) delegates to the SSD’s hardware encryption (by default, anyway) as BitLocker apparently does [0]. Anyone know otherwise?

[0]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/i...




Lots of enterprise SAN/NAS equipment uses SEDs, although one would hope those are actually secure considering how much they charge for it.


"although one would hope those are actually secure considering how much they charge for it"

Considering BitLocker requires a Windows purchase (unless you pirate it) and LVM costs exactly $0, I think it's safe to say that the amount of money thrown is not a good indicator of actual security.


Yeah. Would love to see if a Toshiba PX04/PX05 with SED/SED FIPS is vulnerable. That's a very expensive add-on.




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