Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:58:41 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Use of USB "Disk on a key" devices Message-ID: <20020812095840.A226@marduk.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20020811235053.2E7935D04@ptavv.es.net>; from oberman@es.net on Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 04:50:53PM -0700 References: <20020811235053.2E7935D04@ptavv.es.net>
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On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 04:50:53PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > There are several vendors supplying solid-state USB "disk" drives of > between 8 MB and 512 MB. They claim to operate as USB disk drives and > require no drivers for Windows (newer than 98), Mac OS (9 and newer), > and Linux (with USB support). They come from several manufacturers > including TrekStor, Sandisk, EasyDisk, JMTek, Sony, SimpleTech, and > DiskOnKey (M-Systems). > > TrekStor (a Danish company) has one coming out with an embedded > fingerprint reader that is locked upon insertion until it reads your > fingerprint. > > Has anyone used any of these on a FreeBSD system? It looks like a > great way to carry SSH keys and a known safe copy of the client > software. > > Has anyone used one of these devices and can they confirm whether or > not any particular brand works well? I've seen one report that one did > not work, but that's it. > Mine is a "Suxess", I don't even know if it's the real brand... It works fine after I changed the sysctl variable kern.cam.da.no_6_byte to 1 (on older systems that variable does not exist, you have to add "quirks" to scsi_da.c). Here's how is seen the key: Aug 12 09:54:09 marduk /kernel: umass0: USB Disk , rev 1.00/1.00, addr 2 Aug 12 09:54:09 marduk /kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 Aug 12 09:54:09 marduk /kernel: da0: < USB DISK 1.05> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device Aug 12 09:54:09 marduk /kernel: da0: 650KB/s transfers Aug 12 09:54:09 marduk /kernel: da0: 15MB (32000 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 15C) Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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