WD Passport Essential encryption in Linux

[dninja at gmail.com (Robin Wood)]

2009/12/31 Michael Miller <mike.mikemiller at gmail.com>:
> Robin,
>
> I have a WD My Passport Elite which is supposed to support
> hardware-based disk encryption. ?I found on WD support website gem.
>
> http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=987&p_created=1053009707&p_sid=H8kETMQj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_srch=1&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTIsMTImcF9wcm9kcz0mcF9jYXRzPSZwX3B2PSZwX2N2PSZwX3BhZ2U9MSZwX3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PUxpbnV4&p_li=&p_topview=1
>
> Which say's they don't support Linux. ?I then tried to look around to
> see what FIPS rating (If it has one) the drive has. This will usually
> tell you if it supports disk based encryption. ?I couldn't find any
> info on the website. ?I think I'm going to e-mail them and ask them if
> they plan on supporting Linux anytime soon. ?I think there is a
> growing trend in the Federal Government to use Linux servers vs
> Widows. ?If that trend is continuing I would think WD would start
> support Linux for hardware based disk encryption.

Looks like I'm going for the Elements then and either TrueCrypt or
DMCrypt/LUKS. If you send the email and hear anything back let me
know.

Robin


> -Miller
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Robin Wood <dninja at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm looking at getting a WD portable harddrive and my choice is
> > between the Essential and the Elements. The Essential has hardware
> > encryption but I can only find reference to it working under Windows
> > and Mac. Does anyone have one and know anything about its Linux
> > compatibility or lack thereof?
> >
> > Robin
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