Rohos Mini Drive

Not long ago we bought APACER AH620 with 4 Gb capacity and fingerprint scanner. Embedded program allows to use password protected USB flash drive for data protection.

The given USB flash drive is compatible with Rohos Logon Key program, which means that Biometric Authorization may also be used to access Windows (2000/XP/Vista). To learn more, please read here…

Device special features:

Now the popular token ruToken can be used in Rohos Logon Key and Rohos Disk programs as a single Key for Windows (including Vista x86/x64) authentication, and for data protection on Rohos Disk. To read more in ruToken Project News…

New device, 1 Gb MEM-Drive Biometric Scanline takeMS flash drive, came in our laboratory. Carry it Easy Plus Bio built-in program allows to use Biometric Authorization for data protection on USB drive. The present USB flash drive is compatible with Rohos Logon Key.

Device special features:

1. There are two partitions on the flash drive: Open and Secure
2. The Open Partition is not always accessible. The given USB flash drive hides the Open Partition while the Secure one is used.
3. Partitions’ size cannot be changed, it’s steady. (for 1Gb it’s 150 of Open and 900 Mb of Secure Partition)
4. Secure Partition is accessible only after successful fingerprint authentication of the owner or his password
5. There are various options offered in Secure Partition:

• Internet Options (keeping Favorities, No Trace Browsing)
• Microsoft Outlook (Portable Outlook & Outlook Express)
• Outlook Express
• File Synchronization (computer to USB drive)
• Security Settings (up to 10 fingerprints, 1 password)
• Lost & Found (chargeable)
• Carry it Easy (the program is developed by Romanian company CoSoSys)

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Recently we were asked by some of our users if it is possible to use a biometric (fingerprint) USB stick in combination with the Rohos Logon Software (for example if it is possible to logon using Rohos after a partition is made visible by a recognised fingerprint).

As a matter of fact, we have decided to test several Biometric USB flash drives, to discover which of them are compatible with the Rohos Logon Key.

We would like to present you the Transcend JetFlash 220 USB flash drive 2 Gb (fully compatible with the Rohos Logon) with the embedded fingerprint scanner for biometric access to the secured partiton of the USB drive and included software.

Special features of the device:

• An advanced technology of fingerprints identification, allowing to register up to 10 fingerprints (even from different people);
• Biometric or password based security for the secured partition, web site logon, and encrypted files;
• Data Encryption with AES algorithm based on the 256-bite key.
• Automatic authorization performed on the web-sites where you have already been registered.
• There is a program that allows to change the size of the secure partition of the flash drive.
• The device fully supports Windows 2000, XP and Vista, which was proved by recent tests.
• You are not able to access the secure partiton without obtaining the Administrator privileges.
• While the secure partition of the flash drive is open, you are not able to use the un-secure partition of the device and vice-versa.

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We go on with the review of the Lexar JumpDrive flash drive with embedded disk encryption software Secure II. It is the component of the USB flash drive and is pre-installed in the Ceedo main menu.

So, The Main Menu Lexar Secure II:

After starting Secure II, we see it’s main with three main functions: Encrypted Vault , File Encryption and Shredder.

Encrypted Vault offers a disk encryption based on the file-container and transparent on-the-fly encryption.

The creation of the virtual disk is fulfilled in 3 steps. At the last stage the Program enforces the user to enter the password of at least 8 symbols (!!). The password should be entered each time when you want to mount encrypted disk.

The program allows to create several disks:

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Recently we occasionally encountered the USB flash drive Lexar JumpDrive 2GB with embedded USB drive encryption software. The set of the USB device includes the mobile platform PowerToGo (aka Ceedo), and it in its turn has the mobile application Lexar Secure II – that represents a great interest for us. By the way there is an indicator of the free space on the frame of the USB flash drive (see the Figure above) – that is a very useful thing :).

Lexar Secure II allows to create encrypted containers on the USB flash drive (like Rohos Disk). We would like to clear out how does the program Secure II (and the platform PowerToGo in whole) works when the computer has no Administrator priveleges, and in general the quality and convenience of this program.

1. So, First Starting Up…

During the first start the application PowerToGo i.e. Ceedo starts. Ceedo is an analogue of the U3 platform for mobile applications from the USB drives. We are briefly acknowledged with U3 at our blog. To my mind Ceedo is more sophisticated platform. At Ceedo start-up the pro-active protection of my Norton antivirus rejected almost each operation - that confirms that the platform is very “obsessive” and leaves many tracks on PC.

While starting, Ceedo checks its updates and downloads them without prior asking. This cheers up as Ceedo identified my German Windows and also switched to the German language. It also automatically “mobilized” my MS Word, Excel and MS Outlook Express. The next time I will write the more detailed information about “Mobilization” of the regular applications with the help of Ceedo Aplication Virtualization.

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