>
>And now, having watched it, I agree with the conclusion of the presenters:
>the only way to prevent this is to provide a hardware fuse that is opened
>in manufacturing, before the device is shipped, to prevent reprogramming.
>Of course, that simply shifts the burden of security to the manufacturers...
>
I'm surprised that they don't do this already.
Is this problem true for ALL USB flash drives, or is it something new? I
only use the older USB 1.0 Memorex flash drives so I can go between the WinXP
laptop, the office Win98/SE machines, and the continunally updated ASU library
computers.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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