[Gllug] USB Securikey

[Mike Brodbelt]

On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 16:00, Axel Segebrecht wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Just wondering who (if anyone) ever used this:
> http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/5cd6/
> 
> ...or something similar?
> 
> I think it's a cool thing but way to expensive. Maybe one can just get a 
> small USB memory stick and put some form of cleverness onto it that 
> authenticates people.

Alternative - buy a cheap USB storage device. Encrypt your /home
partition. Stick the key on your USB storage, itself encrypted to a
passphrase. To access your files, you now need the passphrase, and the
USB dingus. You also get to choose your algorithm, so it's probably more
secure than a closed implementation, and it'll definitely be cheaper.

Mike.


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