USB Write Protect Software

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jun 6, 2007, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by alibaba24

Why do you need to set Everyone with readonly permission and then set your permissions manualy ?

Because the permissions set for your home machine will superceede the Everyone permissions and give you "normal" (full and unrestricted) access to your drive. Then for anything else except your home machine/account, the only permission given is read only which is all you need to launch installers and such.

MarcAnde · Jun 19, 2008, 12:41 PM

You can write protect yours pen drive or usb drives with this software.
It is great!

Write protect a pen drive

I had the same problem.

BlueMak · Jun 19, 2008, 01:48 PM

The link to the eh, link is not spelled right.

Write protect a pen drive

Matth · Jun 19, 2008, 07:38 PM

TrueCrypt - Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption Software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X and Linux - Documentation

It may be possible to do something with a truecrypt volume, mounting readonly. This still leaves the possibility of tampering with any space not occupied by the truecrypt volume.

A hardware WP switch is the only way to be sure, and an SD card in a reader is actually not a bad way to get one, and would be of similar size to a pendrive, using a single function SD reader.

Do SD + USB cards heed write protect when connected via USB?

Tipstaff · Jun 21, 2008, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Matth

TrueCrypt - Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption Software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X and Linux - Documentation

It may be possible to do something with a truecrypt volume, mounting readonly. This still leaves the possibility of tampering with any space not occupied by the truecrypt volume.

A hardware WP switch is the only way to be sure, and an SD card in a reader is actually not a bad way to get one, and would be of similar size to a pendrive, using a single function SD reader.

Do SD + USB cards heed write protect when connected via USB?

Yep. Pretty much the way I settled on. Only problem is that they are kinda bulky due to the slot needed for the SD card.

This Pen Protector software has me interested, though.

OldBuzzard · Jun 21, 2008, 02:00 PM

Tipstaff, I think you will find one of these just about perfect for what you want to do:

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Tipstaff · Jun 22, 2008, 05:38 AM

Thanks, Old B. I went with that idea a long time ago.

fiazasim · Dec 21, 2009, 09:15 PM

where are the software dear

WxMan1 · Dec 29, 2009, 02:29 AM

Lexar offers USB thumb-drives with software security software whereby public & secure areas can be established on the drive.

Secure areas can be accessed via password, and the secure area can configured to timeout after a certain amount of time. Furthermore, the thumb-drive can be configured to ask for a password to access the secure area evertime its plugged into a USB port.

FatalError · May 25, 2011, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by H3X4D3C1M4L

The best idea, and what I've found to work in your situation (which I find myself in constantly), is to carry around a 1GB USB drive formatted as NTFS (my solution for fixing 98 machines is to use something else other than 98 haha) with everything I find myself using in more than 50% of the time. I simply set the permissions on the volume for SYSTEM and EVERYONE as Read only, list directory. No write or full control. Then on my system at home (or my 'control' system) I set my user account to have full permission which superceedes the Everyone and SYSTEM having ro permissions. Then if there's anything else I might need to take along, a 2.5" USB hard drive set up in a similar fashion works quite well, being able to store everything and also handy as a backup drive for cloning smaller stuff (an empty FAT32 partition serves well for that, nothing to corrupt and keeps the tools separate from the work space).

Hi h3x4d3c1m4l - I like this (NTFS volume permissions) idea as it can be used using the native operating system. I am curious, however, as to how effective this method would be at blocking viruses when the stick is inserted into an infected machine. Have you, or anyone, any experience of this method in this environment?
Other than the virus question, this method works well - so simple I wonder why I didn't think of it earlier - full marks.

Jun 19, 2008, 12:41 PM	#32
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Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,411 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	TrueCrypt - Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption Software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X and Linux - Documentation It may be possible to do something with a truecrypt volume, mounting readonly. This still leaves the possibility of tampering with any space not occupied by the truecrypt volume. A hardware WP switch is the only way to be sure, and an SD card in a reader is actually not a bad way to get one, and would be of similar size to a pendrive, using a single function SD reader. Do SD + USB cards heed write protect when connected via USB? __________________ Mary had a little lamb, Her father shot it dead Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two crusts of bread

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Jun 22, 2008, 05:38 AM	Thread Starter #37
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fiazasim DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Re: USB Write Protect Software where are the software dear

Dec 29, 2009, 02:29 AM	#39
WxMan1 HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 214 Rep Power: 39	Re: USB Write Protect Software Lexar offers USB thumb-drives with software security software whereby public & secure areas can be established on the drive. Secure areas can be accessed via password, and the secure area can configured to timeout after a certain amount of time. Furthermore, the thumb-drive can be configured to ask for a password to access the secure area evertime its plugged into a USB port.