On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FWIW lots of W-P flash drives on Google Shopping:
In my research (roughly 8-10 months ago), I found most of them don't actually have hardware write protection. The marketing material tends to be very misleading (if it isn't flat-out lying). We tested and rejected several items. Most of the stuff is entirely software based. Of the rest, most of it has at least a software component (you need drivers/software/etc on the host OS, even though it has some hardware you can touch). One device was an MMC card with a built-in USB interface, plus a write-protect switch. The switch was only effective when in MMC mode; plug it into a USB port and the switch does nothing. (Like the goggles.) The requirements for the stuff we're working with means it *must* be a *completely hardware* mechanism. If it involves the host computer in any way, shape, or form, that's not good enough. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
