From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Aug 11 16:51: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E955037B400 for ; Sun, 11 Aug 2002 16:50:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from postal3.es.net (postal3.es.net [198.128.3.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AC2143E70 for ; Sun, 11 Aug 2002 16:50:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal3.es.net (Postal Node 3) with ESMTP id GQF37091 for ; Sun, 11 Aug 2002 16:50:53 -0700 Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E7935D04 for ; Sun, 11 Aug 2002 16:50:53 -0700 (PDT) To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Use of USB "Disk on a key" devices Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 16:50:53 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20020811235053.2E7935D04@ptavv.es.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. Thanks! R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message