On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:43:01 -0500, Jimmy Wu wrote: > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 09:11, John W Foster wrote: >> I recently lost a USB stick. It didn't have any thing of a security >> concern on it but got me to thinking. Does anyone know of an >> application that will; encrypt the drive completely; start at boot >> time; ask for a secure log in & if after say 2 or 3 tries; with >> appropriate warnings of impending doom; will not only lock the person >> out but completely destroy the drive, so it can never be recovered. Oh >> and of course works on any OS? >> Yes I know its a lot but just wondering??
> https://www.ironkey.com/ > > They claim it works on linux as well. Adding Corsair Padlock: http://www.corsair.com/usb-drives/padlock/flash-padlock-2-8gb-usb-flash-drive.html But it should be nice to have such facility on any flash key, regardless of the hardware. I also read some articles¹ on these type of keys that claimed to be "unbreakable" and miserably failed in its purpose (the password was easily by-passed due a flaw in their software). ¹http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/NIST-certified-USB-Flash-drives-with-hardware-encryption-cracked-895308.html Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.01.13.15.58...@gmail.com
