23 Aug
2009
23 Aug
'09
3:26 p.m.
I note how the software all says they have to connect over the internet to
download the special "procedures" and laptop drives take at least 25 minutes.
something very strange going on.
if anyone does this, fire up wireshark before starting and capture
what the programs are sending/receiving. it'd be very interesting to know.
maybe totally bogus is what I'm thinking.
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:38:57 -0700
From: cisin at xenosoft.com
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Old password protected laptop drive
On Sun, 23 Aug 2009, Alexandre Souza wrote:
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Stay on top of things, check email from other accounts!
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9671355
As far as I know, the ATA password is
unbreakable. It is stored on the
platters AND the controller. So if you change controllers it would not work.
It may not be PRACTICAL or FEASABLE to break it, but for enough money, it
could be done. One way would be to design and build a replacement
controller that doesn't CARE whether there is a password long enough to
overwrite the password on the drive with the hash of a known password.