Re: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive?

[Bret Ingerman <ingerman () VASSAR EDU>]

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 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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Bret Ingerman
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Vassar College
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