SSD and Hardware data encryption

Guys, do anybody know how the encryption works on SSD drives? I want a SSD which is encrypted for cases if the notebook is stolen.

I red some datasheets for OCZ and they are saying 128/256 AES but how it works?

How is it with the HDD password? I think HDD passwords are easy to remove, so this is useless. I just want if anybody put the drive in another computer that than is no way how to read the data.

I want to use OCZ vertex 3 (or they also have the PRO version which could do that?) and Hitachi 7k750 BDE as a second drive. I want only HW based encryption to not have any speed loss.

Thank you.

 

All Sandforce drives store data with AES encryption, but there are so few details on how it works (and virtually no professional attempts at auditing/breaking that security) that I wouldn't trust it to do more than prevent your average laptop thief from looking at your embarrassing photos.

The Intel 320 also encrypts all data, but again, nobody knows how well it works in practice (yet).

Given how many AES implementations have been broken through side channel attacks, you're better off sticking with real world proven full-drive encryption software like TrueCrypt if you're working with highly sensitive data.

 

Thanks for explaining. Overall I found this topic a huge gray area at all, its the same in as a HDD, nobody know anything.

I found this http://newsroom.intel.com/servlet/J...s_Data_Security_Features_Technology_Brief.pdf

Only thing is, if you remove the ATA passwrod which is a piece of cake, if the data is encrypted or accessible.