Any way to see when was the last time you updated the firmware of an SSD? (or at least pull out the raw...
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The reason I'm asking is a bit of worry, I've seen this entry on the security StackExchange and it's freaking me out.
I have found out I haven't done a video recording of the installation of Windows (and effectively, my copy of Kubuntu 18.04 I installed afterwards), and now I'm worried that I could have installed malware, just for the hell of it. (I have extreme OCD, obviously considering the whole video recording part) I sometimes get worried that I installed the worst examples of it that infects drives and all that.
Did I likely do it? No, but I'm still curious whether there's a way to find out that information about an SSD before I begin my reinstallation of Windows and installation of KDE Neon on my laptop. Just to be sure.
I've taken a look at nvme-cli, but I'm having a hard time understanding this output on Ubuntu's pastebin that I got from running nvme-cli.
command-line security ssd firmware nvme
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The reason I'm asking is a bit of worry, I've seen this entry on the security StackExchange and it's freaking me out.
I have found out I haven't done a video recording of the installation of Windows (and effectively, my copy of Kubuntu 18.04 I installed afterwards), and now I'm worried that I could have installed malware, just for the hell of it. (I have extreme OCD, obviously considering the whole video recording part) I sometimes get worried that I installed the worst examples of it that infects drives and all that.
Did I likely do it? No, but I'm still curious whether there's a way to find out that information about an SSD before I begin my reinstallation of Windows and installation of KDE Neon on my laptop. Just to be sure.
I've taken a look at nvme-cli, but I'm having a hard time understanding this output on Ubuntu's pastebin that I got from running nvme-cli.
command-line security ssd firmware nvme
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Mine shows with this:sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda, not a NVMe drive. If newer NVMe change sda to your drive like /dev/nvme0n1.
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Nov 28 at 15:26
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The reason I'm asking is a bit of worry, I've seen this entry on the security StackExchange and it's freaking me out.
I have found out I haven't done a video recording of the installation of Windows (and effectively, my copy of Kubuntu 18.04 I installed afterwards), and now I'm worried that I could have installed malware, just for the hell of it. (I have extreme OCD, obviously considering the whole video recording part) I sometimes get worried that I installed the worst examples of it that infects drives and all that.
Did I likely do it? No, but I'm still curious whether there's a way to find out that information about an SSD before I begin my reinstallation of Windows and installation of KDE Neon on my laptop. Just to be sure.
I've taken a look at nvme-cli, but I'm having a hard time understanding this output on Ubuntu's pastebin that I got from running nvme-cli.
command-line security ssd firmware nvme
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The reason I'm asking is a bit of worry, I've seen this entry on the security StackExchange and it's freaking me out.
I have found out I haven't done a video recording of the installation of Windows (and effectively, my copy of Kubuntu 18.04 I installed afterwards), and now I'm worried that I could have installed malware, just for the hell of it. (I have extreme OCD, obviously considering the whole video recording part) I sometimes get worried that I installed the worst examples of it that infects drives and all that.
Did I likely do it? No, but I'm still curious whether there's a way to find out that information about an SSD before I begin my reinstallation of Windows and installation of KDE Neon on my laptop. Just to be sure.
I've taken a look at nvme-cli, but I'm having a hard time understanding this output on Ubuntu's pastebin that I got from running nvme-cli.
command-line security ssd firmware nvme
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Mine shows with this:sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda, not a NVMe drive. If newer NVMe change sda to your drive like /dev/nvme0n1.
– oldfred
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Mine shows with this:sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda, not a NVMe drive. If newer NVMe change sda to your drive like /dev/nvme0n1.
– oldfred
Nov 28 at 15:26
Mine shows with this:
sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda, not a NVMe drive. If newer NVMe change sda to your drive like /dev/nvme0n1.– oldfred
Nov 28 at 15:26
Mine shows with this:
sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda, not a NVMe drive. If newer NVMe change sda to your drive like /dev/nvme0n1.– oldfred
Nov 28 at 15:26
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Mine shows with this:
sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda, not a NVMe drive. If newer NVMe change sda to your drive like /dev/nvme0n1.– oldfred
Nov 28 at 15:26