secure file exchange between Mac & PC using USB sticks....

**OrangeHopper** · 8 March 2009, 13:13

zip file with password?

**scooterscot** · 8 March 2009, 13:31

Thought of this but I'm surprised how easily zip files are cracked.

I need to encrypt the entire contents of the drive.

**OrangeHopper** · 8 March 2009, 14:14

Could you include the program you use to decrypt on the stick and therefore not need admin rights?

**pmeswani** · 8 March 2009, 17:38

Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

I've been searching this forum and everywhere else - not much success so far.

truecrypt does not offer a solution since I need admin rights to install.

A encrypted DMG file kept on my USB stick is perfect until I need to access it in windows. All applications required admin rights to install...

How do you secure USB content that can be shared between multiple OS?

https://www.ironkey.com/ikdocs/datas...data-sheet.pdf ?

**Fred Bloggs** · 8 March 2009, 19:39

Can you get USB sticks with fingerprint recognition built in?

**scooterscot** · 8 March 2009, 20:24

Originally posted by pmeswani View Post

https://www.ironkey.com/ikdocs/datas...data-sheet.pdf ?

Looks good. Secured data storage - pity it's $300 for a 8gig device - nonetheless small price to pay instead of loosing unencrypted client data...

OS Compatibility
Windows XP, Vista
Windows 2000 SP4 -
no Password Manager

OS Compatibility - encrypted storage only
Linux - kernel 2.6+
Mac OSX (beta)

**scooterscot** · 8 March 2009, 20:27

Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post

Can you get USB sticks with fingerprint recognition built in?

I think you can but I don't believe the data stored is encrypted - is it not the case fingerprint authentication is only used for access to the drive contents?

**pmeswani** · 8 March 2009, 20:30

Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

Looks good. Secured data storage - pity it's $300 for a 8gig device - nonetheless small price to pay instead of loosing unencrypted client data...

OS Compatibility
Windows XP, Vista
Windows 2000 SP4 -
no Password Manager

OS Compatibility - encrypted storage only
Linux - kernel 2.6+
Mac OSX (beta)

Yep. $300 is a lot of money, but compared to losing customer's data, as you said, it's a small price to pay. We don't want a headline story regarding data loss..... I wish I had the money to buy one for myself.

**dinker** · 9 March 2009, 08:23

I wouldn`t take anything I found on yahoo Answers seriously:

In the late 1990s, specialized "DES Cracker" machines were built that could recover a DES key after a few hours. In other words, by trying possible key values, the hardware could determine which key was used to encrypt a message.

Assuming that one could build a machine that could recover a DES key in a second (i.e., try 255 keys per second), then it would take that machine approximately 149 thousand-billion (149 trillion) years to crack a 128-bit AES key. To put that into perspective, the universe is believed to be less than 20 billion years old.

secure file exchange between Mac & PC using USB sticks....