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authorFrancis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>2015-09-19 13:03:08 (EDT)
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FAQ: some HDDs are faster than USB 2.0
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(he's talking about so-called 'fuzzing' attacks)
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- Based on this, it's safe to say that use of USB instead of SATA is advisable if security is a concern. USB 2.0 has plenty of bandwidth for HDDs,
+ Based on this, it's safe to say that use of USB instead of SATA is advisable if security is a concern. USB 2.0 has plenty of bandwidth for many HDDs (a few high-end ones
+ can use more bandwidth than USB 2.0 is capable of),
but for SSDs it might be problematic (unless you're using USB 3.0, which is not yet usable in freedom. See <a href="#firmware-usbhost">#firmware-usbhost</a>).
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