Are there any use-case for those SSDs with hardware-based encryption? Is it a good idea to use one of those over software-based encryption? (sh.itjust.works)

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I mean those ones with a pin entry keypad/touchscreen built onto the device and has limits on number of attempts.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I have a related question: Isn't hardware-based encryption faster than software-based? Or is that just an assumption on my art?

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Probably not by much, since CPUs have had hardware acceleration for AES encryption for a long time now.

I always prefer software over hardware for encryption, RAID, etc.. Because it's portable and not tied to a specific piece of hardware.

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