[tlinux-users:08094] Re: Kingston KUSBDTE memory stick

Anybody had experience with one of these and Linux?

Kingston's web page says:

DataTraveler Elite USB 2.0 Flash Drive with Software Security + 128-bit Data Encryption

But I can't find support for anything other than Windows ... and specifically XP at that.



What it does.  Kingston has a couple flavors of USB stick that store the data on the stick in encrypted form.  One flavor actually has the encryption engine on the USB stick; this particular model kinda implies that the encryption is done in the computer.  But Kingston's web page doesn't help much and a web search turns up a dozen places to buy one but no documentation on how it works.

When I insert it, the proper modules come up and the dirctory shows a 'Kingston DTC Privacy' device.  But it's not mounted (mount shows no /dev/sda devices) and /media is empty.  Attempting to open the directory yields an 'unable to mount' error.  The permissions window shows 444 (universal read capability) and you're prohibited from changing anything.  fdisk returns an 'unable to open' answer and punts.