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Re: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive?
From: Bret Ingerman <ingerman () VASSAR EDU>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:20:50 -0400
We are about to buy these for our Senior Officers and Crisis Response Planning Group. We were told that the counter does indeed reset after a successful try. We were also told that if you buy the "enterprise" version and someone forgets the password 10 times and bricks it, that the administrator can reset the password. Also, the number of tries can be set by the administrator, too.
--Bret On Oct 26, 2009, at 11:18 AM, Ken Connelly wrote:
Does the counter reset after a successful access? Surely, it must... - ken Chris Green wrote:It bricks itself as far as we could tell. It gives you a warning on the 10^th try saying basically “you get it wrong one more time, this device is toast” *From:* The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] *On Behalf Of *Valdis Kletnieks*Sent:* Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:26 PM *To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU*Subject:* Re: [SECURITY] Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive?On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:51:33 CDT, "McCrary, Barbara" said:True Ironkey is pricey but as far as the self destruct goes, we haveused them for over a year. IT maintains control over the passwords andthe users are well informed. We have not lost a single one to self destruct yet.Out of curiosity, has anybody tested it to verify that they *do* destroythemselves after 10 tries? And if they do, is the unit still re-usable, or does it brick itself?
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- Re: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive?, (continued)
- Re: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive? Christopher Jones (Oct 20)
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- Re: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive? Allison Dolan (Oct 20)
- Re: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive? Dexter Caldwell (Oct 20)
- FW: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive? Carroll, John (Oct 21)
- Re: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive? Richard Hopkins (Oct 21)
- Re: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive? Paul Keser (Oct 21)
- Re: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive? Nate Henne (Oct 21)
- Re: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive? Chris Green (Oct 26)
- Re: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive? Ken Connelly (Oct 26)
- Re: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive? Bret Ingerman (Oct 26)