ATA Security patch to atacontrol

[Bruce Cran]

Daniel Roethlisberger wrote:
> Andrey V. Elsukov <bu7cher at yandex.ru> 2008-09-30:
>   
>> Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
>>     
>>> Can you provide me datasheet and technical reference material to what
>>> "ATA Security" is?  Which ATA specification is this documented in?  I'd
>>> like to read it.
>>>       
>> I think you can found it in ATA-ATAPI-7 vol.1: "4.7 Security Mode feature 
>> set".
>>     
>
> Exactly.  Even though the actual T13 standard must be purchased, you can
> find the documents and drafts of it online at various places by googling
> for appropriate keywords.  For example:
>
>    http://hddguru.com/content/en/documentation/2006.01.27-ATA-ATAPI-7/
>
> The ATA command set, including the ATA Security commands, is in vol. 1.
>
> In 2005, there was a much-cited article in the German c't magazine about
> the security implications of ATA Security, which might be worth a read
> too.  It is available online in English:
>
>    http://www.heise.de/ct/english/05/08/172

http://www.t13.org has all the latest drafts at 
http://www.t13.org/Documents/MinutesDefault.aspx?DocumentType=4&DocumentStage=2

-- 
Bruce Cran