Hi, I had this USB stick called CHEER,
see message ID Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> here is a clip from messages showing the ID, May 11 16:05:41 neptune /bsd: umass0: CHEER USB_DISK, rev 2.00/2.00, addr 2 May 11 16:05:41 neptune /bsd: sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <CHEER, USB_DISK, 1.00> SCSI2 0/direct removable bash-3.1$ grep sd1 /var/log/all | more May 11 16:05:41 neptune /bsd: sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <CHEER, USB_DISK, 1. 00> SCSI2 0/direct removable May 11 16:05:41 neptune /bsd: sd1: 1010MB, 1010 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/ sec, 2069760 sec total May 11 16:06:12 neptune /bsd: sd1 detached May 26 15:12:31 neptune /bsd: sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <SKYMEDI, USB Drive, 1.0> SCSI2 0/direct removable May 26 15:12:31 neptune /bsd: sd1(umass0:1:0): only the first 4,294,967,295 sect ors will be used. May 26 15:12:31 neptune /bsd: sd1: 2097151MB, 2097151 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 4294967295 sec total May 26 15:12:44 neptune /bsd: sd1 detached Anyhow... yesterday was a holiday here in germany. And I left my apartment with the iBook turned off. Someone musta done an exchange of my USB stick drive while I was out. Surprisingly it booted OpenBSD like usual and I did not notice a change until it blew up today and wiped itself. When I plugged it into my host neptune I noticed the different USB Id... The USB drive looks exactly the same coincidentally. So... To get to the point. What are some recommendations by OpenBSD users for physical security, other than run and don't look back (kidding, heh), As a hind thought, how possible is it for a device to blow up and change its own ID but then still being detected by the USB protocol? Kind regards, -peter
