Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoMicrosoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoorwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square137linkfedilinkarrow-up1559arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1557arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoorwww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square137linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agodoes bitlocker encrypt whole volume, or userdata folders? It’s a performance issue to encrypt anything that doesn’t need to be.
minus-square9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoIts whole-volume encryption, not file encryption. Most modern CPUs have built-in AES-NI instructions so its not much of a performance penalty (as long as AES is used for encryption).
does bitlocker encrypt whole volume, or userdata folders? It’s a performance issue to encrypt anything that doesn’t need to be.
Its whole-volume encryption, not file encryption. Most modern CPUs have built-in AES-NI instructions so its not much of a performance penalty (as long as AES is used for encryption).