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New Usb Thumb Drive Data Storage Devices, Faster and Bigger But More Secure?
Posted by Parkzone Corsair in Memory on July 15th, 2010
Today, there are so many companies making USB thumb drives, many of these devices are faster, bigger and more compact, but are they a safe means to hold your companies important data?
Secure USB Thumb Drives
Flash memory manufacturer Corsair says it has solved the problem of non secured flash drives by forcing you to enter a unique PIN code to enter their USB thumb drive and access your data. It’s a great idea but will it really help?
This “Flash Padlock” USB thumb drive protects file records and data with a unique PIN that you enter on the built in touchpad on the actual USB flash drive shell. You then enter the device into your USB plug on your laptop or desktop and the device operates as extra external memory. Corsair said the device is much more resistant to brute force attacks or keystroke loggers.
You see keystroke loggers record any keystroke you make on your keyboard. In other words, when you type in your password on your keyboard to unlock a secured USB thumb drive, and if a hacker has gotten a program of theirs on your device it would record your password as you type them (all of them). Every so often these keyloger programs send these simple text files via a build in e-mail program to their own e-mail inbox. This is bad!
The new Corsair device would ask that you type in your password before you plug your storage device into your computer USB flash drive port (USB port). So in essence the keylogger hacker programs would never have a chance to record your computers keystrokes and there would be no way for them to access your data.
“Featuring auto-lock hardware security, Flash Padlock is the best way to secure your data while on the go. It prevents any unauthorized access or “Brute Force” attacks to the data on the Flash Padlock. Users can program in a PIN, much like they do for an ATM machine, to lock/unlock their data. An easy to use keypad in conjunction with lock/unlock indicator lights makes the Flash Padlock easy to use. The Flash Padlock is fully plug-and-play, and requires no software or drivers to work properly.”
The Flash Padlock will auto lock after 15 seconds if removed from the computer. This ensures your data stays locked-up, if you forget to lock the device this thing does it by itself (I love things that make sense). The Flash Padlock USB storage device will work with Linux, Mac OS X and Windows based computers.
At the moment the Flash Padlock is available in 1GB and 2GB capacities starting from $29.99. For more information on this specific device visit this URL:
http://www.corsair.com/products/padlock.aspx
As we are on the topic of Corsair let’s continue. Are you a flash survivor, corsair thinks it is. “Corsair Introduces Flash Survivor — Extremely Rugged USB 2.0 Flash Drive”
Rugged USB Thumb Drives
As the owner of eProvided, a digital image recovery company which also specializes in advanced USB data recovery, we know a good idea when we see one. What this all comes down to is feedback from users that have purchased this device. If we do not see these devices come in to our labs then there is a good chance either no-one is buying them or they are not having issues of damage. The most common type of USB memory stick damage is when the USB port is broken or breaks off from the USB drive itself.
A common cause of USB thumb drive damage is from users plugging these devices into their laptop or ground based desktops and bumping the device while it is plugged in. This causes the part of the USB thumb drive that plugs into the USB slot on their computer to break off. Most of these breaks are very serious as the internal circuits and parts inside the USB thumb drive are permanently damaged. “USB Device Not Recognized” error messages may appear after such an incident.
You may also have a windows error message such as “USB Unknown Device”. This is a sign that your device has suffered serious damage to the circuitry. At this point you will need a data recovery company to assist you. Consumers need to buy devices that are more rugged and are made by larger names in the storage industry. Flash Survivor™ is an exceptionally tough, water resistant, drop-tested flash USB memory stick storage device.
A design made ideally for transporting valuable data such as personal files, jpeg images and personal applications without having to be bothered by the chance for damage or loss of data due to various natural elements.
So use your noggin and buy strong devices and keep the contact information of those who may be able to help you in case of data loss on USB thumb drives. This story is brought to you at no charge (Smiling) so please bookmark our site (http://www.eprovided.com) and send this story to a friend right now.
Author: Bruce Cullen
Resources: USB data recovery – USB Device Not Recognized – USB Unknown Device
Best Utilization of Memory stick Data Recovery
Posted by Parkzone Corsair in Memory on July 13th, 2010
Best part of memory stick data recovery is its utilization. Actually its a read-only software that recovers your data from inaccessible, formatted or undetectable USB pen drive. Safest part is that memory stick data recovery software enables the users to recover and restore all the lost or missing files and folders. The utilization of memory stick data recovery includes files, folders, music, pictures, video, digital images, photos etc, which lost due to its improper usage of drive, virus or worm attack, and accidental corruption. And memory stick data recovery enables the users to restore all bmp, mov, jpeg, tiff, mpeg, wav and also various files created by different applications. The need of memory stick utility becomes essential when the data is lost because of quick format, damaged file system, Human errors, improper shut down or any other type of software or hardware failures. Today software is considered as the safest utility tool for the end users.
If you’re planning to have memory stick data recovery then must be aware of features and specifications. So features of memory stick data recovery are retrieves corrupted files and folders damaged due to human error or any virus generated data loss , provides full data retrieval support both by Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh OSX, this utility is considered as the easiest data retrieval software to restore lost data, recover formatted or damaged files before you fix and repair your corrupted storage device, and supporting all type of memory stick including Apacer, Kingmax, Lexar, Kingston, Transcend, Nikon, Super Flash, Sony, Fujifilm, Corsair, Samsung etc.
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The Flow Control Condition on Responding
Posted by Parkzone Corsair in USB on February 6th, 2010
To conserve bandwidth and to enable inactive links to transition to low-power states, USB 3.0 hosts stop requesting to send or receive data from SuperSpeed endpoints that are in the flow control condition. This condition indicates that the endpoint temporarily can’t send or receive data. To request to resume communications, the endpoint sends an ERDY Transaction Packet. A device can send the ERDY at any time without waiting for the host to request a packet.
On receiving the ERDY, the host resumes communications with the endpoint. An IN endpoint is in the flow control condition after responding to an ACK Transaction Packet with either of the following A NRDY Transaction Packet. A Data Packet with the End of Burst (EOB) field set to 1, indicating that the packet is the last in a burst. The device sets EOB if the data payload is equal to the endpoint’s maximum packet size and the endpoint is returning fewer than the number of packets requested in the previous ACK Transaction Packet.
An OUT endpoint is in the flow control condition on responding to a Data Packet with either of the following A NRDY Transaction Packet. An ACK Transaction Packet with the NumP field set to zero, indicating that the endpoint can’t accept any Data Packets. Hosts retain the option to attempt communications with bulk endpoints in the flow-control condition before receiving ERDY.
