Re: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive?

[Ken Connelly <Ken.Connelly () UNI EDU>]

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”
>
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> *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 have
> > used them for over a year.  IT maintains control over the passwords and
> > the 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* destroy
> themselves after 10 tries?  And if they do, is the unit still
> re-usable, or
> does it brick itself?
>
>  

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- Ken
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Ken Connelly             Associate Director, Security and Systems
ITS Network Services                  University of Northern Iowa
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