9 Mar
2011
9 Mar
'11
1:39 p.m.
On Mar 9, 2011, at 12:46 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
That's why the "secure erase" commands
were added to the ATA command set, and the drive is supposed to erase even the spared
blocks.
Sandforce takes this one step further in that their SSD drives have AES encryption turned
on by default. If you issue a ATA secure delete to the drive the key is wiped and
regenerated, rendering all of the data in flash, both primary and spare, into garbage.
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