digip Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 http://www.corsairmemory.com/products/padlock.aspx How secure do you think they really are? http://www.corsairmemory.com/_images/products/padlock_hero.jpg[/img] http://www.corsairmemory.com/_images/charts/padlock_diagram.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Why is it 0-9 if it only has 5 buttons? Why not just 0-4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted January 5, 2008 Author Share Posted January 5, 2008 Why is it 0-9 if it only has 5 buttons? Why not just 0-4? I am thinking like a cell phone you hit it multiple times to get the character you want. You can also enter multiple keys so it is not just, say, a 5 pad system, but I think you cna make it as long a string as you want. Don't quote me on that though. I just wonder how hard it is to bypass it hardware wise if you crack one open and mess with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Why is it 0-9 if it only has 5 buttons? Why not just 0-4? It's for marketing. Really there are only 5^<max length of code> combinations rather than 10^<max length of code>. In the same vain i would love to see some one create one that has one button on it and it listed the numbers 0 to 9, how secure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted January 5, 2008 Author Share Posted January 5, 2008 In the same vain i would love to see some one create one that has one button on it and it listed the numbers 0 to 9, how secure. What, call it the GOD button... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 wait until the pad breaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted January 5, 2008 Author Share Posted January 5, 2008 wait until the pad breaks. Thats part of the point. How do you recover the data. Is there a backup methid in the event that the pad breaks, and if so, then it is not going to be long before someone figures this out and exploits it. Nothing is going to do a better job than just having encrypted files, like say with True Crypt or something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyrancher82 Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 wait until the pad breaks. Wait until the device breaks. The pad breaking is just like the USB device breaking. Not really unique to this device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 I'm going out on a bit of a limb, but I'm guessing that the pad (when inactive) merely disconnects the actual circuitry of the USB memory from the physical USB connection. It's probably easy (for some one who has a clue about electronics) to follow the connections on the PCB and physically bypass the 'lock'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 We need someone who has one to take a chance, crack it open and take some pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unasoto Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 I'd like to see what it can be modded in? thats a 5 button remote or... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xqtftqx Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 hmmm, maybe just tearing it apart and shorting out the lock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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