Lexar jumpdrive and Linux support

[Alex]

Great points, thanks for your help.

On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Chris Murphy <lists at colorremedies.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Alex <mysqlstudent at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just purchased a Lexar Jumpdrive S25 2x32GB USB sticks and just
>> noticed it has some kind of built-in encryption. Any chance it's
>> supported with Linux? What is it exactly?
>>
>> Before I open the package, I thought I'd post a message to see what
>> people's experience has been with them?
>>
>> I didn't notice the encryption support until after I purchased it. I
>> thought I recalled there being a problem with some USB sticks with
>> encryption and support for Linux, so I thought I'd see if that was
>> still the case before opening the package.
>
>
> http://www.lexar.com/flash-drives/jumpdrive-s25
> http://www.encryptstick.com/home-2/what-is-encryptstick-3/
>
> It's software based, so I'd guess you can just choose to not use it.
> Encryptstick isn't normally free, so what you're getting with this
> product is bundled license for the software. There is a Linux version
> on their download page. The only advantage I can think of over LUKS is
> cross platform support, but I didn't look into enough to know if
> that's in fact a feature of the product.
>
>
>
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