Re: Simple encryption utility with USB key

From: winged (winged_at_nofollow.com)
Date: 07/22/05

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    Shane Petroff wrote:
    > Flyn wrote:
    >
    >>
    >> Any recommendations?
    >
    >
    > What do others think of Lexar's JumpDrive Secure? It uses 256bit AES
    > encryption, so the only real question is the extent to which they can
    > guard the secret key. The device is divided into public and secure
    > partitions. Everything on the secure partition is encrypted. If the key
    > is sufficiently secure, the FBI doesn't have a hope either.
    >
    > --
    > Shane
    I have used the utility and the drive. The utility is reasonably
    secure, though I have never really tried to crack it, but I have had
    major reliability issues with the Lexar drives, encrypted or otherwise.
      I USB drives on multiple computers on a regular basis daily, and use
    them to store certain credentials.

    I use several Jump drives with various configurations for boot drives
    for configurations where I do not want to boot the system OS. I have
    had 3 of the Lexars fail in less than a year of use. This may be
    related to losing the dang USB caps on the Lexars though I managed to
    preserve one cap (avoid losing it) the life of the drive.

     From a reliability perspective I have had remarkable success with the
    SANS Disk devices. I was a bit nervous about the slide out USB
    connector (figured it would be a failure point), but have not had a
    single failure report from a number of people in our organization who
    are using them. The one feature I miss that the Lexar Jump drives had
    was the write protect slide switch. But the reliability issue more than
    makes up for the functionality difference.

    For encryption on these devices I use a HDD encryption utility that
    encrypts the entire drive just like a regular hard drive though I only
    use this on the USB boot drives. I suspect most HDD disk encryption
    tools would work in this configuration.

    Winged

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