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NewsForge: Configuring the Palm Key Flash Drive in Linux

“Key chain-sized storage devices are becoming increasingly
popular, for both individual and business uses such as backing up
data and storing sales presentations. I’ve been able to test and
use the Allwell Palm Key flash drive, a nice key chain storage
device with a reasonable price tag. Below, I describe ways to
configure and use the Palm Key storage device.

“Requirements: For the basics of this document, all you will
need is an Allwell Palm Key (or some other similar device) and a
working Linux 2.4.x system (I’m using 2.4.18) on which you have
root permissions. Most of the steps in this document must be done
as root. For encryption, you will also need loobpack filesystem
support in your kernel, and it is recommended that you use the
Cryptographic API for Linux as well…”

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