Lok-it has a new take on the padlock flash drive and wants to show it to you. They've added a rechargeable battery to the padlock drive which powers their in-line security system. The correct key sequence has to be entered before the drive will even show up as active hardware. The security system essentially prevents any communication from the host computer to the drive until the password is physically entered. As a result, this removes the easy options for snoops. There's no password to be sniffed via keyloggers and conventional means of brute force attacks on the drive won't help. These means of computer enhanced attacks leverage the PC's power to help attack your private data. Cracking this drive hence will require much more work which is the best that any security system can really hope for. Entering the correct code on the keypad opens the 256-bit AES encryption drive to the operating system. 10 incorrect attempts will wipe the cipher and the data is effectively lost (to anyone who doesn't have a major government in their employ and 5 years or so to spare). The encryption is all hardware based and requires nothing from the PC, making it perfectly compatible with all operating systems that support USB mass storage. The only problem with this nifty FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certified drive is that it's not quite here yet. They are likely still shopping the drive to retailers hoping to get a big order before they sink the capital into manufacturing. We'll hope this is soon and that the drive is cheap enough to get us a few. Video demo after the jump.
