Solved Alternative to SanDisk SecureAccess in Ports?

[Monti]

Hi,

I just purchased a SanDisk flash drive with SecureAccess software on it. SecureAccess is used to set up secure file and folder "vaults" on the flash drive.

I am wondering if anyone could help me out on finding an equivalent in ports that I can use with FreeBSD, if it exists that is?

Links to SanDisk are:
http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/d...ess-3.0-support-information-and-download-page
http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/d...ivate-vault-using-secureaccess-3.0-in-windows

Thanks,
Monti

 

[protocelt]

Though I have no experience with it, sysutils/pefs-kmod seems to fit your needs.

 

[Monti]

Thanks a lot for your help protocelt . Appreciate it.

After I wrote my initial post I came to think of geli(8) as another kind of alternative. Initially I have been under the impression that geli(8) is only intended for permanent drives, and never thought of it with flash drives. Maybe this is a misconception?

Could you please comment on this?

 

[protocelt]

Thanks a lot for your help protocelt . Appreciate it.

After I wrote my initial post I came to think of geli(8) as another kind of alternative. Initially I have been under the impression that geli(8) is only intended for permanent drives, and never thought of it with flash drives. Maybe this is a misconception?

Could you please comment on this?

Unfortunately I'm not really that familiar with geli(8) yet. It's on my "to do" list but haven't got there yet so I can't give an informed comment.

Hopefully someone more familiar with it can chime in here.

 

[tobik@]

I'm not really familiar with the technical details of it either, but here are some points to consider:

• The man page explicitly mentions pen drives in the examples section.
• PC-BSD's PersonaCrypt feature uses geli(8) and flash drives: http://download.pcbsd.org/iso/10.2-RELEASE/amd64/docs/html/controlpanel.html#personacrypt

 

[Monti]

I'm not really familiar with the technical details of it either, but here are some points to consider:

• The man page explicitly mentions pen drives in the examples section.
• PC-BSD's PersonaCrypt feature uses geli(8) and flash drives: http://download.pcbsd.org/iso/10.2-RELEASE/amd64/docs/html/controlpanel.html#personacrypt

Yes you are right tobik Thanks for pointing that out. I have completely overlooked that one. Kind of embarrassing.

Great, case solved guys Good to have some flexibility/options to choose from.