[ltp] is there a way to mount an encrypted USB drive?

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

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On jeu., 2012-06-28 at 18:46 +0000, tony.martin-5nwd8ls@cool.fr.nf
wrote:
> The thinkpad BIOS supports hardware encryption, but it only prompts
> for passwords on SATA-attached drives.  It does not find USB-attached
> HDDs that have hardware encryption, and does not prompt for a
> password.  How can these drives be mounted?

They can't. The BIOS only supports ATA-Security password, as far as I
can tell (wether or not that unlocks encryption is drive-dependent).
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> There is a TPM project called "trousers", but the documentation is
> vague.  Can trousers be used to mount a USB-attached
> hardware-encrypted device?

That's  unrelated.

Regards,
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Yves-Alexis

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