{"id":30186,"date":"2012-06-12T14:58:27","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T13:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=30186"},"modified":"2013-12-11T18:11:58","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T18:11:58","slug":"kingston-digital-statement-on-sf-2000-based-encrypted-ssds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/kingston-digital-statement-on-sf-2000-based-encrypted-ssds\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingston Digital Statement on SF-2000-based Encrypted SSDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ < ![CDATA[\n                                                                    google_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\"; \/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"1949837292\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We got this news yesterday afternoon that there is an issue with the encription of all SandForce 2000-based SSDs (SF-2000).\u00a0 This concerns just a comparatively few customers, but it is very important\u00a0for them to\u00a0know that what was advertised as 256-bit encryption is actually less.\u00a0 Kingston&#8217;s statement follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Fountain Valley, CA<\/em><\/strong><strong> <em>&#8212; June 11, 2012<\/em> <\/strong>&#8212;<strong> <\/strong>Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, along with LSI, its SSD processor partner, have recently been in discussions related to the encryption capabilities of the SF-2000 platform. It was discovered that the \u2019self encrypting\u2019 feature that Kingston<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> markets on both the <em>SSDNow <\/em>V+200 and KC100 lines runs in 128-bit AES encryption mode, not the originally stated 256-bit mode. Both AES modes encrypt and secure the data on the SSD from unauthorized access ? just to different encryption standards.<\/p>\n<p>Kingston is working with LSI to correct this and to ensure that future production of the aforementioned drives delivers 256-bit AES encryption mode.<\/p>\n<p>Feedback from Kingston&#8217;s customer base regarding the <em>SSDNow <\/em>V+200 and KC100 model SSDs does not indicate that the encryption feature is critical or widely used in most deployments. Kingston\u2019s teams will work closely with customers who require 256-bit AES encryption to ensure that they are taken care of, and are able to swap out their current drives for ones with the correct encryption level when it becomes available. Kingston customers with further questions are encouraged to contact Kingston technical support for additional clarification.<\/p>\n<p>Kingston will notate the 128-bit AES encryption mode going forward on all literature to avoid confusion until the issue is remedied. Please note that this issue affects all manufacturers of SSDs utilizing the SF-2000 family of products and is not a Kingston-centric issue. Kingston believes in the importance of a great customer experience and will continue to communicate openly with our valued customer base.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingston.com\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.kingston.com', 'www.kingston.com']);\" target=\"_blank\">www.kingston.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><p>Please join us in our <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a Fan on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142', 'Facebook']);\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech', 'Twitter']);\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the latest updates from ABT, please <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">join our RSS News Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join our Distributed Computing teams<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Folding@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 164304<\/li>\n<li>SETI@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 138705<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1', 'World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech']);\" target=\"_blank\">World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We got this news yesterday afternoon that there is an issue with the encription of all SandForce 2000-based SSDs (SF-2000).\u00a0 This concerns just a comparatively few customers, but it is very important\u00a0for them to\u00a0know&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2053,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2533],"tags":[2867,5264,1212,5263,611,4943],"class_list":["post-30186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abt-news","tag-encryption","tag-kc100","tag-kingston","tag-sf-2000","tag-ssd","tag-ssdnow-v200"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2053"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}