Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Time-lock USB stick
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:02:01
Message-Id: 1363766507.1382.0@numa-i
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] [OT] Time-lock USB stick by Michael Mol
1 On 03/20/2013 03:58:11 AM, Michael Mol wrote:
2 > Does anybody know of time lock flash drives?
3 >
4 > The scenario I'm looking at is to have a drive that's only accessible
5 > for a certain amount of time after being powered on. It would hold
6 > crypto keys in a server context.
7 >
8
9 You might use encfs. It has an option (-i idle[minutes]) which makes an
10 encrypted
11 directory unaccessible after some minutes of idling unless one
12 re-enters the key.
13
14 Helmut.