From abd9a2161cff52ce7d0ec80c1dca848740270e6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 13:03:08 -0400 Subject: FAQ: some HDDs are faster than USB 2.0 --- diff --git a/site/faq/index.php b/site/faq/index.php index 71dfad6..24995fc 100644 --- a/site/faq/index.php +++ b/site/faq/index.php @@ -652,7 +652,8 @@ (he's talking about so-called 'fuzzing' attacks)

- 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 #firmware-usbhost).

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