Hard Disk Will Have Hackers Seeing Double

~~David~~ · Jul 24, 2002, 11:16 AM

This is pretty neat :

Hackers will be unable to attack Web sites protected by a new security system unless they can change the laws of physics, according to Naoto Takano, chief executive officer of Scarabs, a Japanese company.

"The company claims that it has developed a hard disk with two heads that prevents disk files published on the Web from being altered by hackers.

Scarabs put two heads on the hard disk, a read-only head that is connected via one cable to a Web server for people to browse content on the disk file and a read/write head that is connected by another cable to a PC for administrators who renew the data. Internet users have access to the disk file only through the read-only head and so there is no physical way they can go into the system and rewrite the data"

Read the story HERE

Desert_Siege · Jul 24, 2002, 07:28 PM

Pretty slick and too simple, probably why no one thought of it sooner. Wonder how much something like that would cost to implement?

DallasStar · Jul 24, 2002, 07:38 PM

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Originally posted by Desert_Siege
Pretty slick and too simple, probably why no one thought of it sooner. Wonder how much something like that would cost to implement?

doesn't sound all that expensive... i mean... its just a harddrive

The_Sire · Jul 25, 2002, 04:26 PM

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doesn't sound all that expensive... i mean... its just a harddrive

lets think about that let westerndigital get their hands on it lol wait it might crash on its own lol

Shaith · Jul 26, 2002, 04:49 PM

It'll be yet another piece of hardware for a junior tech to install backwards and blow the crap out of.

Read-only heads? Please - read-only FILES! Put the website on a CDROM!

Media cost? About a buck.

Jul 24, 2002, 11:16 AM	#1
~~David~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Location: Atlanta Posts: 959 Rep Power: 0	Hard Disk Will Have Hackers Seeing Double This is pretty neat : Hackers will be unable to attack Web sites protected by a new security system unless they can change the laws of physics, according to Naoto Takano, chief executive officer of Scarabs, a Japanese company. "The company claims that it has developed a hard disk with two heads that prevents disk files published on the Web from being altered by hackers. Scarabs put two heads on the hard disk, a read-only head that is connected via one cable to a Web server for people to browse content on the disk file and a read/write head that is connected by another cable to a PC for administrators who renew the data. Internet users have access to the disk file only through the read-only head and so there is no physical way they can go into the system and rewrite the data" Read the story HERE

Jul 24, 2002, 07:28 PM	#2
Desert_Siege Professional Slacker Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KY Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	DOH! Why didn't I think of that? Pretty slick and too simple, probably why no one thought of it sooner. Wonder how much something like that would cost to implement?

Jul 26, 2002, 04:49 PM	#5
Shaith HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 916 Rep Power: 0	twice the heads, twice the price, twice the screwups... It'll be yet another piece of hardware for a junior tech to install backwards and blow the crap out of. Read-only heads? Please - read-only FILES! Put the website on a CDROM! Media cost? About a buck.