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This is why all the data that goes to a hard drive should be encrypted before it gets there. No reason for the system to be trusting that the storage isn't mali
by wang_li 11y ago
This is why all the data that goes to a hard drive should be encrypted before it gets there. No reason for the system to be trusting that the storage isn't malicious. If all the storage sees is encrypted data then the worst that it can do is fail to store the data. What it can't do is substitute malicious code for my desired code.
- bcg1 11y agoMaybe what could happen though is that when booting the operating system, instead of reading whatever code normally runs as the kernel launches, some malicious code could be sent to the processor instead
- wang_li 11y agoI'd like to see the firmware decode/encode the MBR or MBR-equivalent. Encryption only being available if someone sets a jumper on the mobo during OS installation.