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.
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