From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Aug 12 1: 0:41 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 CAA0937B400 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 01:00:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.50.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24A1543E3B for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 01:00:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from marduk.blackend.org (marduk.blackend.org [192.168.1.202]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/ - 15/04/02) with ESMTP id g7C7v6So033843; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:57:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: from marduk.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by marduk.blackend.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7C7wgbo000283; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:58:42 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@localhost.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by marduk.blackend.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7C7wfQ6000282; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:58:41 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:58:41 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Kevin Oberman Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Use of USB "Disk on a key" devices Message-ID: <20020812095840.A226@marduk.blackend.org> References: <20020811235053.2E7935D04@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020811235053.2E7935D04@ptavv.es.net>; from oberman@es.net on Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 04:50:53PM -0700 X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE 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 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