User manual APRICORN AEGIS PADLOCK PRO

[. . . ] Aegis Padlock Pro User's Manual Copyright © Apricorn, Inc 2010. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners. Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. [. . . ] If the indicator light flashes red intermittently and then blue · · intermittently, go back to step 3. This is due to one of the following conditions: You waited longer than 10 seconds before entering a password. The new password was entered incorrectly. 2. In most schemes, the theoretical possibility of a brute force attack is recognized, but it is set up in such a way that it would be computationally infeasible to carry out. Accordingly, one definition of "breaking" a cryptographic scheme is to find a method faster than a brute force attack. How does the Aegis Padlock Pro Protect against brute force attack? 1. With the drive locked and in the standby state the LED is red solid 2. After six tries to enter the correct user or admin password the keypad will not respond and LED will turn off. The drive will need to be unplugged from the USB port and repluged. This will be repeated for each six unsuccessful attempts. keypad will lock and the LED will begin blinking quickly. Even if unplugging and replugging the drive will remain locked with the LED blinking quickly attempts to unlock his drive. 3. If the user, unsuccessfully tries to unlock the drive on his 50th try the 4. Here are the steps to allow the user to unlock the keypad for 50 more a. Push and hold the number five key and plug-in the drive c. The LED will be blinking alternating red and green fast d. The keypad will unlock and will be in the standby state with the LED solid red, this will allow only 50 more attempts g. After a total of 100 Attempts the drive will remain locked with the LED flashing red quickly. You must now go through the reset process and reformat the drive to be able to use the drive again. (see page 8) www. apricorn. com 14 Completely resetting the Aegis Padlock Pro If you forget all the User Passwords or Admin Passwords, you can perform a complete reset to remove all the User Passwords, and restore the Admin Password to the default 123456. Attention: Completely resetting the Aegis Padlock Pro will erase all the data on the drive. You will need to partition and format the Aegis Padlock Pro with disk management applications. To perform a complete reset of the drive, do the following: 1. [. . . ] Q: What encryption algorithm is used in this product?A: Depending on your model the Aegis Padlock Pro uses either AES 128-bit or 256bit algorithm. Q: Why could I not change my User Password which has the same digits as the Admin password?A: You can change it only in the Admin Mode. [. . . ]