Questions tagged [opal-ssc]

Opal Security Subsystem Class (Opal SSC) is a specification by Trusted Computing Group. It defines security capabilities for storage devices.

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Is it better to use Bitlocker or the built-in-drive-encryption that my SSD offers?

My system: Intel Core i7-4790, which supports AES-NI ASUS Z97-PRO mobo Samsung 250GB EVO SSD (with built-in encryption option) 64-bit Windows 7 If I just want to encrypt my boot drive with AES256 or similar, what would be the difference / faster…
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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 found on the issue also says something along those…
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Do the sedutil-cli revert commands also reset the given SID?

In sedutil-cli a sedutil-cli --PSIDrevert "Reset the device to it’s factory defaults using the SID password. If the locking SP is active this command ERASES ALL DATA, requires the SID password" By which I assume it returns all…
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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 (I had to compile the image by hand, since the…
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