full-disclosure - Re: Source for USB stick with hardware write-protect?

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Message-ID: <dc718edc0910071215g1de692bfva05ae4077fa7afda@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 14:15:57 -0500
From: K K <kkadow@...il.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Source for USB stick with hardware
	write-protect?

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 1:17 PM, offbitz <offbitz@...il.com> wrote:
> I've got a couple of the PQI U339H (16GB) and they work great but be
> forewarned, the switch is small and easily breakable if you do not have the
> right size of tool to get in there and switch it..  This is especially bad
> if it breaks while switched to write protect.

Thanks, this sounds the closest to what I am looking for.

It's a shame no vendors appear to offer flash drives with an
accessible hardware write switch, the few who have a switch at all go
out of their way to hide the write protect, make it difficult to
'flip'.

Kevin

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