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VIA Boosts Hard Drive Security with VIA PadLock Tru-Delete
Latest software utility and source code from VIA enables
enhanced disk wiping performance utilizing the VIA PadLock
RNG
Taipei, Taiwan, September 15h 2004 - VIA Technologies,
Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip
technologies and PC platform solutions, today made available
the VIA PadLock Tru-Delete utility and source code,
a new security application that writes over previously
deleted files to keep sensitive data away from prying
eyes.
The VIA PadLock Tru-Delete utility, the latest addition
to the VIA PadLock Software Security Suite, is designed
to help protect privacy by saving random data over files
that have been deleted, rendering them virtually unrecoverable.
When run on a system based on a VIA processor with C5XL
or C5P Nehemiah core, the random data is generated by
the VIA PadLock RNG resulting in a performance improvement
of up to 50% over software-based random number generation.
The VIA PadLock RNG, a key element of the VIA PadLock
Hardware Security Suite, uses asynchronous multi-byte
generation to produce random bits at a blistering pace
of between 800,000 to 1,600,000 bits per second, faster
than any other known RNG. These accumulate into hardware
buffers with no impact on program execution, allowing
software to read them at any time. The result is increased
overall system performance during disk scrubbing applications,
as the VIA PadLock RNG does not rely on CPU cycles to
generate random data, leaving more of the system’s resources
for other tasks such as playing media files.
“With a large percentage of the theft of proprietary
information attributed to stolen notebooks or discarded
hard drives, there is growing awareness in the industry
of the need to permanently erase sensitive data,” said
Justin Hsu, Head of Software Development, VIA Technologies,
Inc. “By also providing the source code, we are inviting
programmers to use VIA PadLock Tru-Delete as a resource
to enable support for the VIA PadLock RNG in disk-scrubbing
applications.”
The VIA PadLock RNG is integrated into all VIA processors
based on the C5XL or C5P Nehemiah cores, such as the
1GHz VIA C3 processor on the VIA EPIA M10000, PD10000,
TC10000 and MII12000 Mini-ITX mainboards. VIA-certified
third party programs that also support the VIA PadLock
RNG include CyberScrub Professional 3.5, which features
additional functions such as the ability to schedule
disk scrubbing operations, password protection, optional
confirmation, logging support, and more. More information
on the VIA Certification Program can be found at http://www.via.com.tw/en/padlock/padlock_certification.jsp.
The VIA PadLock Tru-Delete utility is available from
VIAArena.com. As part of the VIA PadLock Software Security
Suite, VIA also provides the VIA PadLock SDK and the
VIA PadLock ZIP utility with accompanying source code
as free downloads for developers to use as a resource
in integrating support for the VIA PadLock Hardware
Security Suite.
Additional programming resources for the VIA PadLock
Hardware Security Suite, such as the VIA PadLock RNG
and VIA PadLock ACE programming guides developed by
Centaur Technologies, can be found on the VIA website.
About the VIA PadLock Security Initiative
Comprising the VIA
PadLock Hardware Security Suite and VIA
PadLock Software Security Suite, the VIA PadLock
Security Initiative is focused on providing key hardware
and application level security building blocks that
can be easily integrated into any computing and communications
infrastructure.
The VIA PadLock Hardware Security Suite is integrated
into VIA C5P Nehemiah core processors and features the
VIA PadLock RNG for high quality key generation and
the VIA PadLock ACE (Advanced Encryption Engine) for
high speed performance of the US government approved
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). The VIA PadLock
Software Security Suite consists of the VIA PadLock
ZIP utility, the VIA PadLock Tru-Delete utility, the
VIA PadLock SDK and accompanying source codes.
More information on the VIA PadLock Security Initiative
may be found at the VIA website: http://www.via.com.tw/en/padlock/padlock_initiative.jsp
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