DL4 FE Encrypted External Hard Drive - v1.49/6.5.0 - User Guide
NOTE:
You must now follow the initialization process as shown in the
Initializing and Connecting Your
section of this manual.
Self Destruct
The self destruct action helps prevent brute force attacks by triggering when an individual inputs
an incorrect password too many times.
This feature allows the administrator to set a threshold of incorrect password attempts for the DL4
before the Self Destruct occurs. The administrator can also configure the self destruct to destroy
the data, encryption keys, and settings OR destroy the device (and data) when the defined num-
ber of allowed password attempts is reached. The default number of allowed password attempts
is 10 and can be increased up to 50 but not lower than 10. When enabling the feature, there are
two types of self destruct options to select. Please refer to the below table for more details.
NOTE:
Incorrect password attempts from both users and administrators are calculated cumula-
tively towards the incorrect password attempts self destruct counter. The counter will reset upon
correct password attempt.
A. Destroy Device
- Your device is killed completely and all device data, encryption keys, pass-
words are destroyed and cannot be recovered. The device CANNOT be initialized again, the
destruction is permanent.
B. Destroy Data
(default selection) - Your device is wiped completely and all device data,
encryption keys, passwords are destroyed and cannot be recovered. The device needs to go
through the initialization process again.
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