Intel has in an internal investigation of its 520-series of ssds is a bug detected in the SF2281 controller from SandForce. The bug would be the encryptiestandaard aes-256 is not properly supported in the controllers for solid state drives.
The bug was found during an inspection of Intel’s 520 series of solid state drives. The company came to the conclusion that the aes-256 encryption of the SandForce SF2281 controller in the 520 ssds is used, not functioning. The aes-128 encryption to work just. According to Intel, the bug is not solved with a firmware update, but is a revision of the controller.
The company also has an upgrade offer from set up for customers who have a 520 series ssd with aes-256 encryption want. They may be the purchase price of their ssd recover if they make the ssd the 1st of October, send it back to Intel. In the future, it is a Cherryville – or 520-series ssd, with 256bits encryption released.
Intel brought the bug in the encryption to the light, but the company is by far not the only one with solid state drives with the SF2281 controller from SandForce on board. The Force and Force GT from Corsair, OCZ’s Vertex 3 and Agility 3 drives and the HyperX series of Kingston have the SF2281 controller on board. SandForce, the property of LSI, has in a statement indicated that 128bits encryption for most customers is sufficient. Who 256bits encryption, the manufacturer of the ssd, and call waiting.