On 11/17/2014 06:14 PM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
On November 17, 2014 7:57:45 PM EST, Lew Wolfgang
wrote: On 11/17/2014 03:07 PM, John Andersen wrote:
On 11/17/2014 01:34 PM, Lew Wolfgang wrote:
There are also external forensic analysis write-block boxes that can be used, but I don't think the customer wants to go that far. That isn't all that far to go these days..... $60 USD. http://www.satadrives.com/forensic-usb-3-0-ide-sata-adapter-with-write-prote... Downside is that it is USB, which slows transfer. Oh, wait, a cheaper source
http://www.cooldrives.com/index.php/usb-3-0-to-ide-sata-adapter-with-write-p...
The problem is, a 2TB drive is a very attractive thing, and someone needing to backup something in a hurry is likely to grab one and attach it somewhere without any blocker interface box, and you are in the same problem.
There is probably no way to prevent a determined person from violating his boss's directions not to over-write the disk.
This idea may have merit. Certainly anyone with physical custody of a device "owns" it, but it does remove the accidental "fat finger" file delete factor. Greg: have you used these? Do they really block write access?
Yes, they block writes. They also do enable smartctl queries which some of the higher end units block. I like having smartctl work even in the presence of a write blocker.
I have used them with opensuse with no problem, but I do NOT mount the drive at all. I just access the drive via dd.
I've had a little problem using them with Windows where I try to do the equivalent of "mount -r", but Windows doesn't really comprehend a read only drive.
Have you said what OS your client is using?
Hi Greg, Windows 7, unfortunately. I was concerned about how Windows would treat a read-only drive that's not a CD/DVD/BlueRay. Regards, Lew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org