Re: USB drive - crypto filesystem options?
On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 08:40:37PM -0500, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > Hey folks. > > I have just become the proud owner of a fancy new 1GB USB 2.0 drive; > one of those cool new gadgets no bigger than my pinky that holds 1 > Billion bytes of data. Naturally, I can't wait to play with it :) > > Well, I know that USB 2.0 support is kinda sketchy, and I've already > decided it's not stable on the ICH5 USB controller that comes with the > Dell Dimension 8300. Regardless, I have confirmed that I can get the > little gadget mounted (comes pre-formatted with an MSDos filesystem) > without the slightest hangup. Yay me. > > So, now what I want to do is see what kind of filesystem options I > have with this little gem. Ideally, I would like to get an encrypted > filesystem that requires a password to mount it. Of course, I've > checked the ports, but I don't know much about this area, and I don't > know if I'm even using the right search keys. A little googling > revealed a great article at "The FreeBSD Diary" > (http://www.freebsddiary.org/encrypted-fs.php) that discusses cfs. > Sounds cool, move to the top of the list - ok, it's the only thing on > the list right now. > > That's where you folks come in. Has anyone had any experience > actually using a crypto filesystem on a USB drive? What utilities are > available for this? And more importantly, what have your experiences > been? I, personally, have found that just using gpg to encrypt important files on my memory stick as gpg runs on multiple oses: bsd, win, linux, max. I may also place my encrypted private key on it along with executables on it for windows since linux/bsd propably already have it installed. Then I can read the files on any system with just a passphrase. > > TIA > Lou > -- > Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) > Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net > Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 > > Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: > The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of > the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent. -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: USB drive - crypto filesystem options?
> That's where you folks come in. Has anyone had any experience > actually using a crypto filesystem on a USB drive? What utilities are > available for this? And more importantly, what have your experiences > been? Have been using cfs for a few years without any problems, first on linux, now also on freebsd. Have got an usb-stick with ext2fs-filesystem and a cfs encrypted directory. The files can the be accessed from both linux and freebsd. Backups are easy, just copy the encrypted files, and they can be attached from anywhere. -- Hilsen Lars ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: USB drive - crypto filesystem options?
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:55:57 +0100 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > without any probs i've used GBDE on an usb-stick : > /usr/share/doc/en/books/handbook/disks-encrypting.html i actually used the GBDE-part of this article : http://bsdnews.org/03/cryptusb.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: USB drive - crypto filesystem options?
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:40:37 -0500 Louis LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have just become the proud owner of a fancy new 1GB USB 2.0 drive; > one of those cool new gadgets no bigger than my pinky that holds 1 > Billion bytes of data. Naturally, I can't wait to play with it :) --- cut -- > That's where you folks come in. Has anyone had any experience > actually using a crypto filesystem on a USB drive? What utilities are > available for this? And more importantly, what have your experiences > been? without any probs i've used GBDE on an usb-stick : /usr/share/doc/en/books/handbook/disks-encrypting.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
USB drive - crypto filesystem options?
Hey folks. I have just become the proud owner of a fancy new 1GB USB 2.0 drive; one of those cool new gadgets no bigger than my pinky that holds 1 Billion bytes of data. Naturally, I can't wait to play with it :) Well, I know that USB 2.0 support is kinda sketchy, and I've already decided it's not stable on the ICH5 USB controller that comes with the Dell Dimension 8300. Regardless, I have confirmed that I can get the little gadget mounted (comes pre-formatted with an MSDos filesystem) without the slightest hangup. Yay me. So, now what I want to do is see what kind of filesystem options I have with this little gem. Ideally, I would like to get an encrypted filesystem that requires a password to mount it. Of course, I've checked the ports, but I don't know much about this area, and I don't know if I'm even using the right search keys. A little googling revealed a great article at "The FreeBSD Diary" (http://www.freebsddiary.org/encrypted-fs.php) that discusses cfs. Sounds cool, move to the top of the list - ok, it's the only thing on the list right now. That's where you folks come in. Has anyone had any experience actually using a crypto filesystem on a USB drive? What utilities are available for this? And more importantly, what have your experiences been? TIA Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent. pgp1xvUOtil6d.pgp Description: PGP signature
