Pete Stephenson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 9, 2017, at 06:53 PM, Stefan Claas wrote: >> I read once here on the Mailing List that one should only use >> trusted USB devices, whatever that means, when using an USB >> device. > > If you must use USB devices for some reason, take a look at the > <https://www.kanguru.com/storage-accessories/kanguru-flashtrust-secure-firmware.shtml> > flash drive. > > It's designed specifically to protect against "badUSB", where the > controller and firmware can be compromised. The controller has the > developer's public key baked in during manufacture. The firmware is > signed and can only be loaded once (no provision is made for > in-the-field firmware updates). The controller verifies the firmware and > its signature at every power-on. If a malicious actor had physical > access and re-flashed the firmware, the controller would notice and fail > to load. > > It also has a physical write-protect switch that can prevent unwanted > writes.
Since a flash drive is a read/write device, when would writes be unwanted? When should I use this? -- Whitey _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
