Re: Recommendation of a good secure Flash drive?

[RL Vaughn <rl_vaughn () BAYLOR EDU>]

McCrary, Barbara wrote:
> It breaks and is unusable.  I have not tested it, too expensive.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Valdis Kletnieks
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:26 PM
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> 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?

Bricked. Again, from the IronKey CEO.

Randy