Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Time-lock USB stick

2013-03-21 Thread Kevin Chadwick
We discussed using a simple RC timer to cut power to the device after a certain amount of uptime, but if I pointed out that if we were spend the time going to that trouble, we may as well go whole-hog and add built-in encryption and make money off the thing. I think the grab-data-and-eject

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Time-lock USB stick

2013-03-20 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 03/20/2013 03:58:11 AM, Michael Mol wrote: Does anybody know of time lock flash drives? The scenario I'm looking at is to have a drive that's only accessible for a certain amount of time after being powered on. It would hold crypto keys in a server context. You might use encfs. It has an

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Time-lock USB stick

2013-03-20 Thread Michael Hampicke
Am 20.03.2013 03:58, schrieb Michael Mol: Does anybody know of time lock flash drives? The scenario I'm looking at is to have a drive that's only accessible for a certain amount of time after being powered on. It would hold crypto keys in a server context. I am no expert on embedded

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Time-lock USB stick

2013-03-20 Thread Michael Mol
On 03/20/2013 04:47 AM, Michael Hampicke wrote: Am 20.03.2013 03:58, schrieb Michael Mol: Does anybody know of time lock flash drives? The scenario I'm looking at is to have a drive that's only accessible for a certain amount of time after being powered on. It would hold crypto keys in a

[gentoo-user] [OT] Time-lock USB stick

2013-03-19 Thread Michael Mol
Does anybody know of time lock flash drives? The scenario I'm looking at is to have a drive that's only accessible for a certain amount of time after being powered on. It would hold crypto keys in a server context. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Time-lock USB stick

2013-03-19 Thread William Kenworthy
On 20/03/13 10:58, Michael Mol wrote: Does anybody know of time lock flash drives? The scenario I'm looking at is to have a drive that's only accessible for a certain amount of time after being powered on. It would hold crypto keys in a server context. Something like this?

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Time-lock USB stick

2013-03-19 Thread Michael Mol
On 03/19/2013 11:18 PM, William Kenworthy wrote: On 20/03/13 10:58, Michael Mol wrote: Does anybody know of time lock flash drives? The scenario I'm looking at is to have a drive that's only accessible for a certain amount of time after being powered on. It would hold crypto keys in a server

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Time-lock USB stick

2013-03-19 Thread Michael Orlitzky
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/19/2013 11:28 PM, Michael Mol wrote: Not so much. The idea would be that you could power cycle the device to get access to it again. The device would be read for the keys at system bootup, but then would shut itself off after a few minutes

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Time-lock USB stick

2013-03-19 Thread Michael Mol
On 03/20/2013 12:23 AM, Michael Orlitzky wrote: On 03/19/2013 11:28 PM, Michael Mol wrote: Not so much. The idea would be that you could power cycle the device to get access to it again. The device would be read for the keys at system bootup, but then would shut itself off after a few

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Time-lock USB stick

2013-03-19 Thread J. Roeleveld
Michael Orlitzky mich...@orlitzky.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/19/2013 11:28 PM, Michael Mol wrote: Not so much. The idea would be that you could power cycle the device to get access to it again. The device would be read for the keys at system bootup, but

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Time-lock USB stick

2013-03-19 Thread J. Roeleveld
J. Roeleveld jo...@antarean.org wrote: Michael Orlitzky mich...@orlitzky.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/19/2013 11:28 PM, Michael Mol wrote: Not so much. The idea would be that you could power cycle the device to get access to it again. The device would be