And what is the purpose of connecting the key and data storage in the first place ? Data storage is data storage, concealed or not. You feed encrypted data to/from it. Key is required at human interface and has absolutely nothing to do with the storage. If you want better security than passphrase, then you need a mechanical key carrier. Indeed, that is where the word "key" comes from. You can store any number on bits on it and you'll hand it over before they beat the shit out of you - or you may want to be brave and destroy it instead (trivial with flash-on-chip and small battery cell), but, again, it has nothing to do with storage of data. ===== end (of original message) Y-a*h*o-o (yes, they scan for this) spam follows: __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com