From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 24 14:42:05 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1BC01AE0 for ; Sat, 24 May 2014 14:42:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nightmare.dreamchaser.org (nightmare.dreamchaser.org [12.32.44.142]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DB1AC2151 for ; Sat, 24 May 2014 14:42:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from breakaway.dreamchaser.org (breakaway.dreamchaser.org. [12.32.36.73]) by nightmare.dreamchaser.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id s4OEg29G081643; Sat, 24 May 2014 08:42:02 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dreamchaser.org) Message-ID: <5380AFBA.9010701@dreamchaser.org> Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 08:42:02 -0600 From: Gary Aitken Reply-To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Block Subject: Re: write-protected usb flash drive References: <537FE744.3030002@dreamchaser.org> <20140524095820.4c670b90@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (nightmare.dreamchaser.org [12.32.36.65]); Sat, 24 May 2014 08:42:03 -0600 (MDT) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 14:42:05 -0000 >>> I'm having trouble locating what I want -- a physically >>> write-protected flash drive. My searches so far have come up >>> empty. Thought someone here would know of one if it exists. I >>> don't want or need additional encryption gimicks on it. Anyone >>> know of one? 32G or larger >>> >> I have not seen one recently. The memory cards used in cameras >> still have a write protection but you would need an adaptor to read >> them. > > The write protect switch on those cards is merely an input, > effectively saying "please don't write to this card". It does not > actually disable writing. There is replacement firmware for many > Canon cameras that uses that switch for another function (to enable > or disable the replacement firmware, as I recall). Dangit, I thought Polytropon's solution would enable me to get around the poor reliability of the kanguru products. Thanks for the pointer to the fencepost article. Gary