[ale] DummyQ: What's needed to use "secure flash" w/Linux?

[zeb]

On Friday 28 April 2006 02:45, John Mills wrote:
> ALErs -
>
> Do current, off-the shelf "secure" flash-drives (e.g., USB type) work with
> current versions of Linux? If so, how does one use them? Are the files
> encrypted, the directories, or what? Or, alternatively, are there Linux
> drivers that are reasonably transparent to use, that encrypt directories
> and/or files of any disk-like device?
>
> Mike's "Encrypt This" talk left me thinking that last answer is 'Yes', but
> I don't remember any candidates.
>
> TIA for any background or pointers.
>
>  - Mills
>
> "That's not encryption - just my *****y typing!"
>
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I can't speak to "secure" flash drives.  But I do have a 1 GB PNY that works 
flawlessly with Slackware 10.2, Windows 98SE, and Windows XP.  My guess is 
that the encryptation would need to be external to the flash drive, i.e. done 
by the system.

Zeb