Re: Problems with flash drives

In the message "[Micronet] Problems with flash drives", dated
2006-06-28, Guy Vinson wrote:

>I am having problems with students trying to use flash drives on our
>lab computers. Drives which have any sort of security feature,
>encryption, etc will not work without admin rights on the computer,
>something I cannot give the students. Has anyone experienced this
>issue and come up with a solution. I believe it is a issue due to
>the fact the drive maybe trying to install something on the host
>computer and runs into the a rights issue.

   This isn't a solution, as most students are likely to simply use
the encryption software that came with their flash drives, but just
as an FYI, there are apparently flash drives bundled with encryption
software that doesn't require such access. Some aftermarket
encryption software packages also work with flash drives and don't
require admin rights on the local host.

   A few representative examples - not necessarily recommendations -
retrieved from a five-minute Google search:

   http://www.kingston.com/press/2006/flash/03a.asp
   http://www.beyondifsolutions.com/html/stealthmxp_.html
   http://www.keynesis.com/products/lockngo-version-comparison.shtml
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portable_applications#File_Encryption

Aron Roberts
Information Services and Technology

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Received on Wed Jun 28 12:21:47 2006