[Pauldotcom] NSLU2 replacement?

[Adrian Crenshaw]

Thanks, I'm looking at the sites, can you buy the hardware now?

-----Original Message-----
From: John Fitzpatrick <thefitzman at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:55 PM
To: PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List <pauldotcom at mail.pauldotcom.com>
Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] NSLU2 replacement?

What about the Marvell "Plug Computer"?

If this 'drop box'  is going to be covert for a pen test it seems to be probably the most inconspicuous small computer on the market. And at 99 dollars (soon to be as low as $49) it isn't going to break the bank if it get's lost or stolen. 

More info:
http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-41525-136.html

http://www.marvell.com/featured/plugcomputing.jsp


On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 3:33 AM "Paul Asadoorian" <paul at pauldotcom.com> wrote:
>This is a good reason NOT to store any info on the device, it should  
> only ever provide access not store content.
> 
> Typically they are lost in public areas like waiting rooms and lobbies
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Mar 5, 2009, at 1:50 PM, PJ McGarvey <pj_mcgarvey at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Not being familiar with these types of pen tests, how exactly are  
> > you losing these in the field?
> >
> > Just wondering aloud about who might be finding these, and what they  
> > might be doing with the very sensitive information possibly already  
> > captured on them.  Are your pen test clients aware that their  
> > information might fall into the wrong hands when such a device is  
> > lost during a test?
> >
> > -PJ
> >
> > Thing
> > > is, for a pen test, you may have to be willing to lose a few in the
> > > process and you will need to make sure you put some extra $$ in the
> > > budget to cover your losses.
> >
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