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This .. and remember kids (and cops) .. that whole "digital breadcrumb" thing cuts both ways.

Even using an "imager" on a device (usually) creates a ./messages log entry which is handily timestamped with ntp sync'd clock accuracy.

I don't know if I'd brag about my tenure there in the context of selling security consulting.

The whole Snowden affair demonstrated that they still managed some epic fails.

But sure .. 600k? .. I'll take two, because that's how we roll with government spending.

With enough time and effort (money being #3, but two outta three is generally all that's needed) .. yes, you can make it work.

If it's just an academic exercise then go for it, try and find hardware from the same (or earlier) era than the disks.

If you really want to flex an embedded device you'll be better off using recent distributions as those are customized for the hardware. Just because it's old software doesn't mean it'll run fine on newer (but underpowered) devices.

BOTH hardware and software have improved over time.

If you think all the iPads in the office are being used for business then your MDM sucks.

geez, when I was a kid we had to play around with the chemicals under the sink for entertainment ..

Why not a remote kill switch for Rolexes?
Or money ..

be careful what you ask for.

True .. it's like the stupid car radios where you have to enter a code when the battery dies.
If it gets stolen, the thief realizes sometime later that it's useless, and it's still stolen.
Meanwhile, every time YOU have a dead battery or replace it, you have to dig around and find the stupid tag, or pay the dealer $100 to tell you.

You can already buy them .. police have been using them in the form of evidence bags for phones for a while now.
For example .. this : http://www.paraben.com/strongh...

Call your student employment office and post N/20 jobs .. where N is the number of hours/week the lab is open.
FWS students can work 20hrs/wk according to their visa, but it must be an on-campus job. As such, there are tons of students needing a job.

Have fun with the electrical inspector on that one .. but it's a good idea in theory.

There are tons of ways to do this .. problem is they will all cost more than what your'e trying to accomplish.
As I like to tell the bean counter types .. "what you seek is a technical solution to an administrative problem"
You have cameras, so that's your "abuse" answer .. you said you use logbooks but compliance is poor"
Solution: Random daily audits and punish any non-compliance.

Also, consider the cost for all the inter-departmental billing and your time in managing all this foolishness .. and ask "is this really worth it?".

Source? : I am security@ for a large .edu and I deal with a lot of this BS.

FIPS-140 (and 140-2) address exactly this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...

At FIPS-140 Level 4, the crypto keys are stored on a unit that actively monitors for attack by environmental, electromagnetic, and physical methods.The physical is usually handled by a mesh of gridwires over the die.

The problem, of course, is Boeing is in bed with the government for Billions (Trillions) of dollars worth of military hardware, so don't think they'd sell you an Android phone before having a friendly chat with their friends at [A-Z]{3}.

Intel (and everybody else) does this for good reason .. high endurance components (Milspec, server, whatever) are usually designed for tolerances far beyond the actual spec, because manufacturing issues can cause the tolerances of the finished product to deviate somewhat.

If they design a [gizmo] to operate at 1.5ghz and sell it as a 1ghz chip knowing full well there is plenty of overhead but chances of failure running it at 65% of design are pretty much nil, yay for them for meeting the rejection rate.

Then along comes marketing and says "hey, we can sell the rest of them at 1.5ghz as consumer units" .. and the failure rate there doesn't really matter as much because you just print a disclaimer about "your data may go poof" and RMA the broken ones. As long as the defect rate is low enough to remain profitable, yay again.

You give me your real money and I give you this number. Annnnnd it's gone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

as recently demonstrated by Cyprus

100% of insured deposits were protected.

People bitching about the amounts over that which got the axe is like whining to State Farm that you had extra stuff in your house that you didn't insure AFTER the fire.