Admin Pin Brute Force Hack Defence Mechanism; How To Set The User Pin Brute Force Limitation - iStorage DISKASHUR M2 Manuel De L'utilisateur

32. Admin PIN Brute Force Hack Defence Mechanism

The diskAshur M Admin PIN is equipped with a more sophisticated defence mechanism in comparison to the User PIN or the Recovery
2
PIN. This is meant to protect against accidentally entering an incorrect Admin PIN 10 consecutive times and subsequently losing all of
your data. So after 5 consecutive incorrect Admin PIN entries, the diskAshur M
WARNING: Do not attempt the following instructions if you unlock your diskAshur M
the 'ADMIN PIN'.
Refer to the instructions in the table below to enable further Admin PIN entries up to a maximum of 10.
Consecutive
incorrect Description of what happens
Admin PIN
entries
All LEDs, RED,
5
light up and become solid.
All LEDs, RED,
8
alternately blink on and off.
RED LED will light up and become
10
solid.

33. How to set the User PIN Brute Force Limitation

Note: The User PIN brute force limitation setting is defaulted to 10 consecutive incorrect PIN entries when
32. How to set the User PIN Brute Force Limitation
the drive is either completely reset, brute forced or the self-destruct PIN is activated.
The brute force limitation for diskAshur M
attempts from 1 to 10 consecutive incorrect PIN entries.
To configure the User PIN brute force limitation, first enter the "Admin Mode" as described in section 5. Once the drive is in Admin
Mode (solid BLUE LED) proceed with the following steps.
1. In Admin mode, press and hold down both
7 + 0 buttons
2. Enter the number of attempts for the brute force limitation (between 01-10), for example enter:
• 01 for 1 attempt
• 10 for 10 attempts
3. Press the SHIFT ( ) button once
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to the diskAshur M²
GREEN & BLUE
GREEN & BLUE
User PIN can be reprogrammed and set by the administrator. This feature can be set to allow
2
will lock and all LEDs light up and become solid.
2
using the 'USER PIN' only and you do not know
2
Enter the following PIN '47867243' and press the KEY ( ) once, with
RED GREEN
both and LEDs alternately blinking on and off, the
is ready to accept a further 3 Admin PIN entries.
diskAshur M
2
Enter the following PIN '47867243' and press the KEY ( ) once, with
RED GREEN
both and LEDs alternately blinking on and off, the
diskAshur M is ready to accept a further 2 Admin PIN entries.
2
After a total of 10 incorrect Admin PIN entries, the encryption key, all PINs
and data will be deleted and lost forever.
Solid
LEDs blinking together
Blinking
solid
BLUE
successfully configured
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Instructions
BLUE LED will change to GREEN
GREEN and BLUE LEDs will switch to a
GREEN LED for a second and then to a solid
LED indicating the brute force limitation was
and BLUE