I’m beginning to lose my mind with the amount of information I have to remember. This includes the passwords for nearly 200+ accounts that I have for my personal and web hosting business that I maintain.
Now, I could have setup a fancy database and encrypt the data using DES but that’s too much work and I want to be able to carry the data securely with me. So, what’s the answer? Enter IronKey.
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$78 for the 1GB version got me a USB key that has a built in Crypto chip that protects data using the same encryption algorithm as many governmental agencies. I wish that they would have developed the Linux drivers as well. It seems that they’re working on it but no news on when it’ll be released. Update: Core functions now available in Linux.
Note: Remember to carry it with you and don’t leave sitting around in the office. This has a threshold of 10 attempts for the account log-in, so try 10 times and you’ll erase everything permanently!
Of course, your other alternative is PassPack but you won’t have a cool all metal USB key that’s practically indestructible.
March 1st, 2008 at 10:49 am
No, you don’t get the cool metal keychain with PassPack.
(maybe we should start making them?)
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Well there you have it. As you can see PassPack is actively tracking link backs