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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>I guess <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@rasteri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rasteri</span></a></span> and other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PC104" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC104</span></a> users can now get the beloved <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISA</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flashdrive</span></a> card with native PC104 pinout to stack on boards.</p><ul><li>Not that this is much of an engineering feat, as PC/104 is just a different form factor of ISA, but still nifty for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/legacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legacy</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industrial</span></a> setups that may want to have more flexibility re: data storage.</li></ul><p>I wounder if anyone got those ISA-USB controllers to work on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distros tho.</p><ul><li>Obviously they're slow (according to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dialup.space/@TechTangents" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TechTangents</span></a></span> in the realm of a 1x CD-ROM drive) and not bootable, but still useful for systems without native USB ports.</li></ul><p>I sadly don't have any system with ISA or PC/104 at hand (gotta build one i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tiny486" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiny486</span></a>) so I can't test it anyway, but maybe a future revision of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeeCee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeeCee</span></a> may benefit from such an option (which I think also has the potential to be a good <em>"bridge machine"</em> for people dealing with <em>legacy / industrial</em> systems...</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IndustrialComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndustrialComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmbeddedComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmbeddedComputing</span></a></p>
databrick<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Handmade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> 3.2 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flashdrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/512GB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>512GB</span></a> in a original <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LEGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LEGO</span></a> 2x2 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brick</span></a> with clickon <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/keyring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>keyring</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databrick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databrick</span></a> <a href="https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdUSKSTh/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vm.tiktok.com/ZNdUSKSTh/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
databrick<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Handmade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flashdrive</span></a> in a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LEGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LEGO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Minifigure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minifigure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Warmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Warmachine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Marvel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marvel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databrick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databrick</span></a> <a href="https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdUSxhST/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vm.tiktok.com/ZNdUSxhST/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
databrick<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a> in original <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lego</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minifigure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minifigure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AudiR8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AudiR8</span></a> LMS Ultra <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handmade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databrick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databrick</span></a> <a href="https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdUSDGpg/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vm.tiktok.com/ZNdUSDGpg/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
CryptGoat<p>Gute <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a>-Sticks für eine <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/LinuxInstallParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxInstallParty</span></a> (und andere Zwecke): Ein Thema, das uns bei den <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedifreu.de/@Datenpunks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Datenpunks</span></a></span> immer wieder Kopfschmerzen bereitet.<br>Aktuell suchen wir Sticks mit 64 GB und brauchbaren Schreibraten mit einem Stückpreis &lt;5€.</p><p>Empfehlen kann ich aktuell <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Kingston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kingston</span></a> Kyson und <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Adata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Adata</span></a> UR340 (schreiben ISOs konstant mit 33 MB/s), die beide zuverlässig sind (leider passt es nur manchmal mit dem Preis -&gt; Preisalarm setzen):<br><a href="https://geizhals.de/kingston-kyson-64gb-dtkn-64gb-a2400313.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">geizhals.de/kingston-kyson-64g</span><span class="invisible">b-dtkn-64gb-a2400313.html</span></a><br><a href="https://geizhals.de/adata-ur340-64gb-aroy-ur340-64gbk-a2756222.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">geizhals.de/adata-ur340-64gb-a</span><span class="invisible">roy-ur340-64gbk-a2756222.html</span></a><br>Ebenso sind SanDisk Ultra gut: <br><a href="https://geizhals.de/sandisk-ultra-64gb-schwarz-sdcz48-064g-u46-sdcz48-064g-a46-a990219.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">geizhals.de/sandisk-ultra-64gb</span><span class="invisible">-schwarz-sdcz48-064g-u46-sdcz48-064g-a46-a990219.html</span></a><br><a href="https://geizhals.de/sandisk-ultra-schwarz-64gb-sdcz48-064g-g462-a3150999.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">geizhals.de/sandisk-ultra-schw</span><span class="invisible">arz-64gb-sdcz48-064g-g462-a3150999.html</span></a></p><p>Nicht empfehlen kann ich <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/TeamGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeamGroup</span></a> C145: Random Bit-Flips beim Beschreiben, einzelne Totalausfälle, lahmes Beschreiben.</p><p>Habt ihr noch Tipps, welche Sticks empfehlenswert sind? :thinking_rotate:</p><p><a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/FlashDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlashDrive</span></a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/USBStick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USBStick</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Why are Micro Center Flash Drives so Slow? - Every year, USB flash drives get cheaper and hold more data. Unfortunately, they d... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/03/26/why-are-micro-center-flash-drives-so-slow/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/03/26/why-ar</span><span class="invisible">e-micro-center-flash-drives-so-slow/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/reverseengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reverseengineering</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/teardown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teardown</span></a></p>
Martin Guay 👨‍💻🌈🎮📱🍁<p>🚀 Need a flash drive that’s both fast and durable? Check out the PNY PRO Elite V3! With SSD-level performance and a rugged design, it’s perfect for all your storage needs. Read our full review here: <a href="https://www.cryovex.com/pny-pro-elite-v3-review-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cryovex.com/pny-pro-elite-v3-r</span><span class="invisible">eview-2025/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TechTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechTalk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FlashDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlashDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/StorageSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StorageSolutions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TechReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechReview</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@ginaintheburg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ginaintheburg</span></a></span> Are you shure you don't conflate <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a> with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a>, which is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> &amp; Tor <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Browser</span></a> setup and ready to use.</p><ul><li>OFC there had been some <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PortableApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PortableApps</span></a>"</em> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/portable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>portable</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a> installations.that can be put.on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a>, but usually that's not how the stanalone <a href="https://www.torproject.org/download/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tor Browser</a> is being used.</li></ul><p>Confusingly Tails has been absorbed by the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TorProject</span></a> but that's a different story...</p><ul><li>That being said for the few <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Websites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Websites</span></a> that <em>explicitly.choose to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BlockTor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlockTor</span></a></em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> is still the way to go.</li></ul><p>As for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a>, maybe the combination of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HeadMountedDisplay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadMountedDisplay</span></a> &amp; wireless Keyboard + Mouse combo offers you the desired flexibility...</p><ul><li>Not to mention Tor Browser is available on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@fdroidorg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fdroidorg</span></a></span> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GooglePlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GooglePlay</span></a> as well as <a href="https://www.torproject.org/download/#android" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">directly from Tor Project as a Download</a>...</li></ul>
Graham Perrin<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nixCraft</span></a></span> nearly all suitably encrypted. No FDE. </p><p>OpenZFS encryption for: </p><p>* the sensitive part of a mobile hard disk drive</p><p>* three low-spec USB memory sticks that add around 145 GiB persistent removable L2ARC to a circa 2014 HP ZBook with 32 G memory and a ~1 TB internal HDD.</p><p>GELI for 16 G swap.</p><p>GELI for 915 G /</p><p>tmpfs for /tmp/</p><p>&lt;<a href="https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/10256" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/</span><span class="invisible">10256</span></a>&gt;</p><p>「… blocks in the L2ARC have the exact same on-disk representation as they do in the main pool. …」</p><p>geli(8) &lt;<a href="https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=geli&amp;sektion=8&amp;manpath=freebsd-release" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?qu</span><span class="invisible">ery=geli&amp;sektion=8&amp;manpath=freebsd-release</span></a>&gt; – automatically configured when FreeBSD was installed.</p><p>tmpfs(4) &lt;<a href="https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tmpfs&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=freebsd-current" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?qu</span><span class="invisible">ery=tmpfs&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=freebsd-current</span></a>&gt; (FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/L2ARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>L2ARC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ZFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZFS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenZFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenZFS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/memorystick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memorystick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/flash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flash</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/GELI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GELI</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@JessTheUnstill" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JessTheUnstill</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://norden.social/@hikhvar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hikhvar</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hessen.social/@wtremmel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>wtremmel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://benjojo.co.uk/u/benjojo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>benjojo</span></a></span> agreed. Not to mention even if a stick is inna transparent casing like an <em>"Intenso Rainbow Line"</em> nothing prevebts one from just making a custom PCB with a ATmega based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BadUSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadUSB</span></a> integrated onboard...</p><ul><li>Personally I wished for something like a <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NeoFloppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoFloppy</span></a>"</em> aka. standardized portable <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SATA</span></a> connection that would provide the convenience of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a> with the safety of a <em>"more secure interface"</em> than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a>...</li></ul><p><a href="https://github.com/KBtechnologies/NeoFloppy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/KBtechnologies/NeoF</span><span class="invisible">loppy</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://equestria.social/@SweetAIBelle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SweetAIBelle</span></a></span> Needless to say I'm convinced I can just boot <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> from either a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Floppy</span></a>(-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Emulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emulator</span></a> via USB Adaptor) or regular <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a> using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ventoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ventoy</span></a>, as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISOLINUX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISOLINUX</span></a> distro...</p><ul><li>I've been using that for a while to do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/multiboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>multiboot</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flashdrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrives</span></a> to replace <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YUMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YUMI</span></a> and not rely on the expensive <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IODD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IODD</span></a> hard drive / SSD cases...</li></ul><p>I'll test it out today...</p><p>Luckily I have some <em>"bare metal"</em> to test against:</p><ul><li>Sony Vaio P11Z (Atom Z520 / i586 &amp; sse3_atom)</li><li>hp t530 (AMD GX-212 / i686, amd64 &amp; sse4.1 )</li><li>Zotac IONITX A-E (Atom 330 / i586, amd64 &amp; sse3_atom)</li></ul><p>Sadly I don't have much more <em>"lower end"</em> or <em>"legacy"</em> systems as a significant collection of mine got stolen from storage years ago and I don't have the money flying around to build <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@rasteri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rasteri</span></a></span> 's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wee86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wee86</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeeCee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeeCee</span></a>... I was thinking about getting one of those <a href="https://www.ebay.de/itm/355711031944" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dell Wyse 3040</a> which AFAIK come with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cursed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cursed</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/32bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>32bit</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UEFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UEFI</span></a>...</p><p>Sadly <em>"Potato-level"</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Netbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netbooks</span></a> running <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VIA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/C7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C7</span></a> chips are nowadays <a href="https://www.ebay.de/itm/155839748312" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">rare and absurdly expensive</a> and targeting those would be good as they already get too slow for mainstream 32bit distros like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BunsenLabsLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BunsenLabsLinux</span></a> so repurposing those as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS1337</span></a> testing machines and target hardware may be a good option...<br>Tho just clocking down a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinClient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinClient</span></a> with <a href="https://www.ebay.de/itm/256062157608" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">VIA Eden</a>would be sufficient to test out. </p><p>One of the machines that stolen from me was a <a href="https://www.ebay.de/itm/196350618995" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Futro S300</a> with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Transmeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transmeta</span></a> CPU that I originally intended to use as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows95</span></a> box...</p><ul><li>Like with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ROMs</span></a> I've to likely do custom .config files to target such hardware and stay within the 1440kB size Limit for or the <em>"CORE Edition"</em>...</li></ul>
Simon Zerafa<p>If you need to test your USB media to ensure you have genuine reliable storage and the capacity advertised then this free tool will help:</p><p><a href="https://www.grc.com/validrive.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">grc.com/validrive.htm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Not all USB flash drives actually have the capacity they advertise, particularly if they are inexpensive or with inflated capacities 😟🤷‍♂️</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FlashDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlashDrive</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Fake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fake</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ValiiDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ValiiDrive</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Fail of the Week: This Flash Drive Will NOT Self-Destruct in Five Seconds - How hard can it be to kill a flash drive? Judging by the look of defeat on [Walker... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/11/25/fail-of-the-week-this-flash-drive-will-not-self-destruct-in-five-seconds/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/11/25/fail-o</span><span class="invisible">f-the-week-this-flash-drive-will-not-self-destruct-in-five-seconds/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/voltagedoubler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voltagedoubler</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/failoftheweek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>failoftheweek</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/datasecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datasecurity</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/selfdestruct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfdestruct</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/superacid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superacid</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/h" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>h</span></a>-bridge <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/polarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarity</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/thermite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thermite</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/fotw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fotw</span></a></p>
Den of Earth<p>Vital tip from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedibird.com/@Nonog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonog</span></a></span> on fraudulent USB stick drives. You might think, who cares if it's not a legit brand? But it's far worse:</p><p>"What’s insidious is that the files’ contents may have never been stored.”</p><p>“These fraudulent drives contain just enough storage — typically 64GB — to convincingly hold the file system’s directory listing. But once its first 64GB of storage space has been filled, the contents of any additional files will not actually be stored"<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/FlashDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlashDrive</span></a></p><p><a href="https://petapixel.com/2023/11/01/free-software-detects-counterfeit-drives/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petapixel.com/2023/11/01/free-</span><span class="invisible">software-detects-counterfeit-drives/</span></a></p>
Shantell Powell<p>Here’s how I know which flash drive is mine. <a href="https://c.im/tags/FlashDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlashDrive</span></a></p>
arthur.pizza<p>You Know I Keep That THANG On Me!</p><p><a href="https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/43bf87ee-d288-4c08-b4c7-3c02fbf3df0d" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tilvids.com/videos/watch/43bf8</span><span class="invisible">7ee-d288-4c08-b4c7-3c02fbf3df0d</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@JordiGH" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JordiGH</span></a></span> I'm convinced the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wii</span></a>'s OS can't handle <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NTFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NTFS</span></a>...</p><p>You may be able to use a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FAT32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAT32</span></a>-formatted <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a> or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a> attached via <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> up to 32GB (on one partition) instead.</p><p>Your file sizes would be limited to 2GB still...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> Worse of all: The way I want to deploy <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a> is by shoving the latest <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISO</span></a> on a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flashdrive</span></a> that runs <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ventoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ventoy</span></a> [<a href="https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ventoy.net/en/index.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>] and puts the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PersistentStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersistentStorage</span></a> on a seperate Partition on the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flashdrive</span></a>. </p><p>This is done so that updating Tails is fast and painless and doesn't exert higher levels of wear and tear on flash memory as well as allow for flexible choice of media sizes.</p><p>Worse: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a> refuses to mount <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PersistentStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersistentStorage</span></a> from a secondary Drive instead.</p>
IT News<p>This Week in Security:Camaro Dragon, RowPress, and RepoJacking - Malicious flash drives have come a long ways since the old days of autorun infecti... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/06/30/this-week-in-securitycamaro-dragon-rowpress-and-repojacking/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/06/30/this-w</span><span class="invisible">eek-in-securitycamaro-dragon-rowpress-and-repojacking/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/thisweekinsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thisweekinsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaycolumns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackadaycolumns</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/securityhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>securityhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/repojacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repojacking</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Updated OSHW Flash Drive Keeps Data Safe, Fingers Dry - For almost a year now, we’ve been following the progress [Walker] has been making ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/06/14/updated-oshw-flash-drive-keeps-data-safe-fingers-dry/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/06/14/update</span><span class="invisible">d-oshw-flash-drive-keeps-data-safe-fingers-dry/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/securityhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>securityhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/selfdestruct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfdestruct</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/techhacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ovrdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ovrdrive</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/usbdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usbdrive</span></a></p>