Questions tagged [tcg-opal]
A class of Security Subsystem in TCG Storage Architecture. Defined by Trusted Computing Group (TCG).
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SSD hardware encryption TCG/OPAL - desktop motherboard in 2024
I have Samsung 980 PRO SSD which is advertised to support full drive encryption options like:
AES 256-bit Encryption (Class 0), TCG/Opal,IEEE1667 (Encrypted drive)
It's not a single case, this days a ...
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Is it possible to configure bootable NVMe disk as read-only using Opal 2.0 spec?
According to docs, one can set locking range to ro (see setLockingRange <0-15> <ro|rw|lk> <password> <device>).
That said, not sure what setLockingRange actually does and wasn’...
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How does Windows manage authentication keys for Opal drives?
I want to use a FIPS certified Opal drive on Windows to implement a system with at least one restricted encrypted partition. I want to use the band authentication feature of Opal to restrict access ...
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Samsung 980 Pro M.2 - Can't enable encrypted drive
I've just installed a new 980 Pro M.2 SSD in my Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming.
After re-installing windows 10, I installed Samsung Magician in order to enable Encrypted Drive.
In Samsung Magician it ...
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Is hardware encryption portable to a new machine
I used hardware encryption on my Samsung EVO 850 on a laptop that recently died. The laptop used to ask for a password from the UEFI, before I was able to boot. I still have the password in a password ...
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How to enable Hardware Encryption on Crucial MX500 SSD?
I have bought a 2 TB crucial MX500 SSD drive, and just installed it on a Windows 7 x64 machine, motherboard Gigabyte EP45-DS5 as a data drive.
Using the crucial Storage Executive software, I can see ...
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Do the sedutil-cli revert commands also reset the given SID?
In sedutil-cli a
sedutil-cli --PSIDrevert <password> <device>
"Reset the device to it’s factory defaults using the SID password. If the locking SP is active this command ERASES ALL DATA, ...
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How should I upgrade an OS on an OPAL encrypted drive?
I'm currently running Kubuntu 17.04 installed on a Samsung NVMe EVO 960 SSD drive.
I managed to install it with OPAL encryption enabled by using sedutil, but it took me about 2 days to make it work (...
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SED FDE Samsung 840, 850 EVO in Windows 7 Pro x64. Options to Bitlocker
The goal: In a home computer, to ensure that in the event of theft of drives with or without the computer, that the drives are unreadable. Am wanting to protect financial and personal information.
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Hardware Encryption and Ubuntu
I am an Ubuntu user and want my SSD (Samsung EVO 850) to be fully encrypted. The problem is that my BIOS does not support the ATA password for some reason. I do not want to lose performance using ...
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What should be the minimum value necessory to transfer a ComPacket in TCG Opal IF-SEND/RECV
TCG Opal test document (Page No. 5) says that transfer length field in IF-SEND/RECV Command should be "the minimum value necessary to transfer a
ComPacket". I want to know what is the minimum value ...
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How to enable SSD encryption?
I just bought a Samsung EVO 840, which supports AES-256 encryption.
Reading the very little documentation that I could find about SSD encryption, I found that I have to enter my BIOS, go to the ...
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Samsung SSD: Hardware encryption and speed
I'm concerned about speed changes of the Samsung MZ-M5E1T0BW 850-EVO when hardware encryption/decryption is enabled. I can't find any information in the data sheets. Do you guys know if there is a (...
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Full disk encryption on Samsung 850 Pro, no UEFI
I've recently upgraded (clean install) to Windows 10 Enterprise. I installed an 850 Pro SSD at the same time.
Knowing that this drive could support hardware encryption for Bitlocker, I naively ...
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How to enable hardware based encryption on Samsung 850 Pro
I have a new Samsung 850 pro which touts hardware-based encryption. According to that page I should just go in my bios and set a hard-drive password (no problem right). The only relevant thread I ...
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Is it possible to bypass ATA password?
I am using TrueCrypt but I want to buy SSD with SED, it's Samsung 840 Evo. After firmware upgrade it "supports advanced data security features(TCG/Opal and IEEE 1667)".
If I set ATA password, would ...
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