E3B - press release regarding potential software problems

[Piru]

IIRC there were similar threats before, too, so I can't say I'm surprised about this.

Way to go elbollox...

[Piru]

Elbox customers need to talk to Elbox about the USB stack.

[Piru]

Did this ever happen to anyone?

It's impossible to tell. The destruction code does not show any message or other indication that it has wiped out the RDB. All partitions are just lost on next reboot.

If your HDD just suddenly lost all partitions, how would you know to blame some driver? Wouldn't you just assume the HDD has died horribly?

[Piru]

If indeed no RDB code is still being used in Elbox software

Well, here lies the problem: Elbox drivers are encrypted. There is no way the end customer can check for this, without breaking the license (which says decompiling is prohibited).

So you are forced to trust Elbox's word.

If you trust elbox's word on that, then this must be taken seriously aswell:

This option is not excluded, that in revenge for not registering the Poseidon stack for Mediator/Spider users all our products will refuse working when any of competitive USB controllers using Chris Hodges' Poseidon stack are present in the computer. This would apply to E3B USB cards (Highway, Subway, Algor). But, if any other USB solution will use Chris Hodges' Poseidon stack, this solution would be affected as well.

[Piru]

Elbox is responsible for their product. It is their responsibility to handle the situation, not their customers.

Trying to use customers as leverage is outright lame. If Elbox believes they have a case, why don't they take this to court instead of these silly games?