On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 10:53:40AM -0600, Brian Densmore wrote:
My question, would it be possible to reformat the stick with an encrypted Linux fs
Absolutely! Your USB flash drive works just like a normal "hard drive" from the view that you can have an encrypted filesystem on it.
I've never done it, but google might help you out.
and is [if?] so how would I be able to access it from Windows and Macs?
That's a different question. I don't know how you'd be able to encrypt a filesystem and have it be readable in Windows.
Also, by securing half the card, will I still be able to use the whole stick in Linux?
Sure. It works just like any other hard drive device that has multiple partitions.
Another question, the stick has an autorun script for Windows, if I were to wipe the Windows software off of the stick would Windows still autodetect the stick and mount it?
I've got the same Lexar Secure drive, the 128 MB version. IIRC, the software included is only for the Windows driver/app for read/write to the secured partition. If you can't access the secured partition, then you run the app, which is saved on the non-secured partition.
I have not experimented with portable encrypted filesystems between Windows and Linux. I don't know if there are Windows drivers or user-space applications to read encrypted filesystems.
Jeremy