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  1. Re:Requires no drivers by GWRedDragon · · Score: 1 · on RSA: Self-Encrypting USB Hard Drives for all Operating Systems (Video)

    Yep. I'll also give a nod to the Apricorn devices, which we use quite a bit. They are OS-independent (we're Linux-only at home) and require no drivers beyond basic USB, with all of the AES encryption and authorization being internal to the device[*]. They have SSD and spinning disk and USB stick devices, with fingerprint or passcode authorization.

    Ack! The 'passcode' on the ones on the website is a mere numeric pin. This essentially guarantees that if someone steals the unit and removes the drive/memory chip(s) etc, brute forcing of the pin will be trivial. I might give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they know this is just a minor obstacle to stop non-technical thieves, except their pages are plastered with the phrase "military grade." They even have pictures of people in camo uniforms using it.

    The false sense of security from such a device is extremely dangerous!

  2. Re:Requires no drivers by AliasMarlowe · · Score: 3, Interesting · on RSA: Self-Encrypting USB Hard Drives for all Operating Systems (Video)

    Yep. I'll also give a nod to the Apricorn devices, which we use quite a bit. They are OS-independent (we're Linux-only at home) and require no drivers beyond basic USB, with all of the AES encryption and authorization being internal to the device[*]. They have SSD and spinning disk and USB stick devices, with fingerprint or passcode authorization.

    [*] Unlike the crappy Buffalo "encrypted" drives which need OSX or Windows drivers to decrypt. Hence they might be vulnerable to simpler attacks than the Apricorn devices (e.g. getting passwords via IEEE1394). And their encryption won't work on Linux or BSD.

  3. Re:Buy a faster USB flash drive by D_Gr8_BoB · · Score: 2, Informative · on Optimizing Linux Use On a USB Flash Drive?

    You could also skip flash entirely and buy a very small hard drive. I've got a 60-gig USB drive from Apricorn that I carry around in my pocket, with an AES-encrypted root filesystem. Performance isn't spectacular, but it's certainly usable.

  4. Re:external usb drive enclosures by grotgrot · · Score: 1 · on How to Say Goodbye to Old Hard Drives?

    Those are far too much work. I just recently got an Apricorn Drivewire which lets you plugin 40 pin PATA, 44 pin PATA (as used in laptops) and SATA drives but without the whole metal case bit. It was $15 at Frys after a $10 rebate.

  5. Moving data by Stephen · · Score: 1 · on Advice for a Novice Replacing Laptop Hard Drive?
    If you need to move the data from the old drive to the new drive, I recommend a product called EZ-GIG from Apricorn. [1]

    This is basically just a cradle for holding a laptop drive, with a cable and a PCMCIA card [2] to turn the drive into an external drive. The idea is:

    1. Plug the new drive in as an external drive;
    2. Use the supplied software to copy the old drive to the new drive;
    3. Swap the drives over;
    4. You now have a laptop with a larger drive, and a smaller drive which you can use for backups.

    It's pretty reasonably priced, as I recall, and it saves finding a large backup device and copying everything twice, and/or reinstalling the OS. Also, you have a large backup disk at the end of it.

    This is beginning to sound like a shill, but I'm just a satisfied customer!

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    [1] There may be other similar products, I don't know.
    [2] I think there may be a USB version too.

  6. Re:Why no USB then? by zulux · · Score: 2 · on The Guts Of An iPod

    Great idea, but someone beat you to it ;)

    Apricorn has a USB drive thats powered exclusivly by the USB cable - it's has a battery for a bit of a boost during spinup. http://www.apricorn.com/ezstorage.html