Stenc
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SCSI Tape Encryption Manager - Manages encryption on LTO tape drives (starting with generation 4) with hardware-based encryption. 
Program should work on any other SCSI security protocol (SSP) capable tape drives. Built specifically for Linux and AIX. 
Supports key change auditing and key descriptors (uKAD). 

Features
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* SCSI hardware-based encryption management
* Supports AIX and Linux
* Supports most SSP compliant devices, such as LTO-4 tape drives
* Random key generation
* Key change audit logging
* AES Encryption
* Key Descriptor Management


Linux Packages
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License
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Program copyright 2012-2018 contributing authors.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.