IronKey Personal - Manual (Page 15)

PAGE 4 IRONKEY USER GUIDE
3 Create a device password and a
nickname for your IronKey.
Since you can have multiple IronKeys, the nickname
helps you distinguish between different IronKey de-
vices.
Your password is case-sensitive and must be at least 4
characters long . The threat of brute-force password
attacks is removed by the IronKey’s self-destruct fea-
ture.
4 Agree to the license agreement IronKey’s End-User License Agreement will appear.
This can also be found online at:
https://www.ironkey.com/terms
5 The IronKey will initialize. During this process, it will generate the AES encryption
key, and create the file system for the secure volume.
This process may take a minute.
Your IronKey is now ready for use.
USINg THE IRONKEY UNLOCKER ON LINUx
The IronKey Unlocker for Linux will allow you to access your files and change your device
password on Linux, allowing you to securely transfer files from and between Windows, Mac,
and Linux computers. You can use the other IronKey applications and services on a Windows
computer.
Depending on your Linux distribution, you may need root privileges to use the program ‘iron-
key’ found in the Linux folder of the mounted virtual CD-ROM. If you have only one IronKey
attached to the system, simply run the program from a command shell with no arguments (e.g.
ironkey). If you have multiple IronKeys, you will have to specify the device name of the one
you wish to unlock.
Note that ‘ironkey’ only unlocks the secure volume; it must then be mounted. Many modern
Linux distributions will do this automatically; if not, run the mount program from the command
line, using the device name printed by
ironkey.
ironkey may also be used to change the password or to lock the device. Use:
ironkey --changepwd [devicename]
to change the password of the IronKey named “devicename”. Similarly, use:
ironkey --lock [devicename]
to lock the IronKey named “devicename”, and:
ironkey --read-only
to unlock the IronKey in Read-Only Mode.