Re: hdparm ATA Security Options return errors

[thomas schorpp <t.schorpp@gmx.de>]

Mark Lord wrote:
> I think the entire set of ATA security patches that were
> sent to me for hdparm are bogus -- I lack the setup here
> to try them, but another kind person is preparing patches
> for hdparm to fix them.
> 
> Along the way, he has also discovered bugs in the ATA_TASKFILE
> ioctls, but we have yet to work out a good description/patch
> for the broken bits there.
> 
> Cheers
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if no one mentioned before:

these security features should be TODO for linux-usb, scsi-emu ata, too,
to lock external usb harddrives or SATA for (relative secure) transport.

theres some work for enabling S.M.A.R.T for external usb drives and SATA
going on.

suggest integrating the efforts, if not done yet.

y
tom