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Best practices for password setup
Your D500S comes with strong security countermeasures. This includes protection against Brute Force attacks that
will stop an attacker guessing passwords by limiting each password attempt to 10 retries. When the drive's limit is
reached, D500S will automatically wipe out the encrypted data – formatting itself back to a factory state.
Multi-Password
D500S supports Multi-Passwords as a major feature to help protect against data loss if one or more passwords are
forgotten. When all password options are enabled, the D500S can support three different passwords you may use to
recover data – Admin, User, and a One-Time Recovery
D500S allows you to select two main passwords – an Administrator password (referred to as Admin password) and a
User password. The Admin can access the drive at any time and set up options for the User – the Admin is like a
Super User. In addition, the Admin can set up the One-Time Recovery password for the User to provide a way for the
User to log in and reset the User password.
The User can access the drive as well, but compared to the 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. The User can use the One-Time Recovery password in order to reset the User password
when needed.
If all passwords are forgotten or lost, there is no other way to access the data. Kingston will not be able to retrieve
the data as the security has no back doors. Kingston recommends that you have the data also saved on other media.
The D500S can be Reset and reused, but the prior data will be erased forever.
Password modes
The D500S also supports two different password modes:
Complex
A complex password requires to meet a minimum of 8-16 characters using at least 3 of the following characters:
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Upper case alphabet characters
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Lower case alphabet characters
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Numbers
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Special characters
Passphrase
D500S supports Passphrases from 10 to 128 characters. A Passphrase follows no rules, but if used properly, can
provide very high levels of password protection.
A Passphrase is basically any combination of characters, including characters from other languages. Like the D500S
drive, the password language can match the language selected for the drive. 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.
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