1996-03-22 - protection on IoMega ZIP drives

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From: “Joseph L. Moll” <jmoll@acquion.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: ce3a8d329e95a3770afddeb1c2c8715583d313818c30df8a9c613dae47a18883
Message ID: <2.2.32.19960322120637.006acd68@mail.acquion.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-03-22 12:52:10 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 20:52:10 +0800

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From: "Joseph L. Moll" <jmoll@acquion.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 20:52:10 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: protection on IoMega ZIP drives
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960322120637.006acd68@mail.acquion.com>
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This is in regard to the now popular ZIP disks, the removable 100MB
cartridge for PC's/MAC's.

Anyone have any idea how secure the ZIP disk is once it is "protected?"  I
know that the disk will refuse to be mounted without the passkey, but what
is really happening here?


Best Regards,
---
Joseph (Joe) L. Moll  mailto:jmoll@acquion.com
Network/Communications Engineering
http://www.acquion.com  phone:864-281-4108  fax:864-281-4576
Acquion, Inc.  Greenville, SC  USA -- Specialists in Electronic Commerce

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• 1996-03-22 (Fri, 22 Mar 1996 20:52:10 +0800) - protection on IoMega ZIP drives - “Joseph L. Moll” <jmoll@acquion.com>
  • 1996-03-23 (Sat, 23 Mar 1996 10:39:28 +0800) - Re: protection on IoMega ZIP drives - Mutant Rob <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
    • 1996-03-23 (Sat, 23 Mar 1996 22:58:27 +0800) - Re: protection on IoMega ZIP drives - Ed Carp <erc@dal1820.computek.net>
  • 1996-03-23 (Sat, 23 Mar 1996 18:47:10 +0800) - Re: protection on IoMega ZIP drives - Adam Shostack <adam@lighthouse.homeport.org>
  • 1996-03-23 (Sat, 23 Mar 1996 19:14:28 +0800) - Re: protection on IoMega ZIP drives - dirsec <unicorn@schloss.li>