Transparent IDE encryption

Status
Not open for further replies.

javad

Member level 3
Joined
Aug 18, 2004
Messages
57
Helped
2
Reputation
4
Reaction score
1
Trophy points
1,288
Activity points
495
Dear friends,
I am working as a hardware design engineer in a company.
Now, I am involved in a project that deal with design of the "Hardware transparent Encryptor for ATA/ATAPI interface". Our system lies between Host and drive and encrypts all data that stores on the disk drive or CD/DVD. It works fully transparent against drive and host.
I would be very pleased if you kindly help me about this problem:
As you know data are transfered on IDE bus with PIO mode or DMA mode(UDMA). PIO mode is used for both data and commands. How can distinguish between commands and data in real time? (note that we should not encrypt commands!)
Thanks.
 

Status
Not open for further replies.
Cookies are required to use this site. You must accept them to continue using the site. Learn more…