Secure USB Flash Drive for Linux

From: grimzap (grimzap_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/28/03 

Date: 28 Nov 2003 11:52:11 -0800

Hi,

I'm looking for a USB Flash Drive that will work with Linux that has
either or both of the following security features:

1. A biometric pad for a fingerprint authentication (I have seen the
BioStik but have yet to verify if the fingerprint authentication works
with Linux... if you know, let me know).

2. A password protected file space.

I've looked at a few flash drives that have these features with
Windows but, in most cases, I have only been able to mount the
insecure file space.
Barring getting something like this to work, I'll have to use a
separate crypto engine (like gpg) to secure files but that will be
somewhat labor intensive. Hope there is some Linux product out there
I can support.

Regards,

grimzap

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