Use The Correct File System - Kingston Technology IronKey Vault Privacy 80 User Manual

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Your VP80ES comes with strong security countermeasures. This includes a Password Counter for invalid

password entries in a row that will stop an attacker guessing passwords and will wipe out the encrypted

data – formatting the VP80ES back to factory state. This is known as Brute Force Attack protection.

The VP80ES is designed to allow you to set up your password rules (such as Minimum Password Length)

on the Admin menu, along with whether numbers and/or alphabetic characters are required. This allows

you to set passwords that are secure yet easier to remember.

First, the VP80ES allows you to select two passwords – an Administrator password (we will call it the

Admin password from here on) and a User password. Admin can access the drive at any time and set up

options for User – Admin is like a Super User.

User can access the drive as well but compared to Admin has limited privileges. If one of the two

passwords is forgotten, the other password can be used to access and retrieve the data. The drive can

then be set back up to have two passwords. It is important to set up BOTH passwords and save the

Admin password in a safe location while using the User password.

Second, the VP80ES supports two password modes. When password rules are selected by Admin, both

the Admin and the User passwords must comply with the set rules requiring at least one number and/or at

least one alphabet character. There are two password modes:

• Numeric (or PIN): You can select 6-64 numbers as your password. This is like the PIN on

a mobile phone or bank card where you authenticate by selecting the numbers on a touch-

screen. In this case, alphabetic characters are not required in the password.

• Alphanumeric (or Passphrase): As people have more and more Complex Passwords to

remember, it can get a bit complicated to track and remember. The VP80ES supports

Passphrases up to 64 characters.

A Passphrase is basically any combination of alphanumeric characters and the space key from a

minimum of 6 characters up to 64 characters. This allows you to select multiple words, a phrase, lyrics

from a song, a line from poetry, etc. Good passphrases are among the most difficult password types to

guess for an attacker yet may be easier to remember for users.

Examples of strong Passphrases:

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ESPRESSO MILK SUGAR – coffee recipe

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RED YELLOW PURPLE - colors

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2B OR NOT 2B – Shakespeare poetry

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LET IT BE – Song name

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8 X 8 EQUALS 64 – Math

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MY DOG IS 1 YEAR OLD - Personal

The possibilities are endless. The ideal passphrase would have multiple words that are very difficult for an

attacker to guess. It should be meaningful to you.

Using the Admin and the User Passwords, you have two independent passwords. Kingston recommends

saving one in a safe location, just in case the other password is forgotten.

If both passwords are forgotten or lost, there is no other way to access the

to retrieve the data as the security has no back doors. Kingston recommends that you have the data also

saved on other media. The VP80ES can be Secure Erased and reused, but the prior data will be erased

forever.