WD Passport Essential encryption in Linux

[mike.mikemiller at gmail.com (Michael Miller)]

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.

-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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