USB Armory– a full fledged Open Source USB Stick Computer

[Axon]

The USB Armory is full-blown computer (800MHz ARM® processor, 512MB RAM) in a tiny form factor (65mm x 19mm x 6mm USB stick) designed from the ground up with information security applications in mind. Not only does the USB Armory have native support for many Linux distributions, it also has a completely open hardware design and a breakout prototyping header, making it a great platform on which to build other hardware.

The ability to emulate arbitrary USB devices in combination with the i.MX53 SoC speed and fully customizable operating environment makes the USB Armory an ideal platform for all kinds of personal security applications. Not only is the USB Armory an excellent tool for testing the security of other devices, but it also has great security features itself:

https://www.crowdsupply.com/inverse-path/usb-armory
Technical documentations.
https://github.com/inversepath/usbarmory/wiki

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Well that's something really nice. Let's see when I can afford one of these.
Thanks for sharing!

[cyberdrifter]

The USB Armory is full-blown computer (800MHz ARM® processor, 512MB RAM) in a tiny form factor (65mm x 19mm x 6mm USB stick) designed from the ground up with information security applications in mind. Not only does the USB Armory have native support for many Linux distributions, it also has a completely open hardware design and a breakout prototyping header, making it a great platform on which to build other hardware.

The ability to emulate arbitrary USB devices in combination with the i.MX53 SoC speed and fully customizable operating environment makes the USB Armory an ideal platform for all kinds of personal security applications. Not only is the USB Armory an excellent tool for testing the security of other devices, but it also has great security features itself:

https://www.crowdsupply.com/inverse-path/usb-armory
Technical documentations.
https://github.com/inversepath/usbarmory/wiki

For 130 bucks? No thanks. it's capabilities just aren't there yet. I'd just use a $13 teensy or a $30 raspberry pi and do exactly the same thing.

[HTH]

While i agree 130$ is way too much money for this little gem, neither a teensy nor a raspberry pi can do everything that this can. Combined they can, almost.

There are other reasons but the main ones are:

Raspberry Pi: no USB device connections, only host (No built in way to connect pi as a usb device to pc) (so a pi serves an entirely different purpose)

Teensy: Only the teensy 3 supports usb emulation with all endpoints going both in an out, no ethernet support without a shield, cant run an operating system, and perhaps most importantly... no security features compared to the armory.

The armory is kind of a bastard child of the teensy 3.1 + raspi or beagleboard but its the same size (near enough) as the teensy.. I'd buy one if they got the price down to like 70-80 bucks.

[Killeramor]

I want. End of story. GIVE MEEEE.

[cyberdrifter]

While i agree 130$ is way too much money for this little gem, neither a teensy nor a raspberry pi can do everything that this can. Combined they can, almost.

There are other reasons but the main ones are:

Raspberry Pi: no USB device connections, only host (No built in way to connect pi as a usb device to pc) (so a pi serves an entirely different purpose)

Teensy: Only the teensy 3 supports usb emulation with all endpoints going both in an out, no ethernet support without a shield, cant run an operating system, and perhaps most importantly... no security features compared to the armory.

The armory is kind of a bastard child of the teensy 3.1 + raspi or beagleboard but its the same size (near enough) as the teensy.. I'd buy one if they got the price down to like 70-80 bucks.

Exactly... Which is why I said one or the other... Combine them, and you could do the same thing and more for less...

[cyberdrifter]

'one or the other' does not mean combine them. the word you're looking for is AND... not OR.

Actually, I meant or as in inclusive OR. Which includes XOR* and AND.


Because those two items either alone or together can accomplish any of the tasks listed on that page. So while in some cases I may need both (AND)... In others I'd only need one or (XOR) the other.

You know... if you wanna get technical about it