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Date:      Sun, 16 Jan 2005 19:34:45 -0500
From:      Jeremy Faulkner <gldisater@gto.net>
To:        cpghost@cordula.ws
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Steganographic FS for FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <41EB0825.5030201@gto.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050116173657.GA68560@bsdbox.farid-hajji.net>
References:  <20050116173657.GA68560@bsdbox.farid-hajji.net>

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cpghost@cordula.ws wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> is there some equivalent to StegFS [1] on FreeBSD; preferably
> in combination with GBDE?
> 
> Yes, I'm aware of the problem with StegFS cited in paragraph
> 4.1 of [2] by Poul-Henning Kamp:
> 
> "If we include the attacker in the analysis, she will soon know
> that the facility used is STEGFS, and consequently that multiple
> levels of keys are not only a possibility but to be expected."
> 
> However, having StegFS as an optional part of GBDE would be a
> good idea anyway. If everyone has a StegFS-capable GBDE by
> default in the OS, wouldn't that help increase the deniability
> of it being *used* in the first place?
> 
> 1: http://www.mcdonald.org.uk/StegFS/
> 2: http://phk.freebsd.dk/pubs/bsdcon-03.gbde.paper.pdf
> 
> Thanks,
> -cpghost.
> 

StegFS could never be part of GBDE as GBDE is unaware of what a 
filesystem is.

-- 
Jeremy Faulkner	<gldisater@gto.net>



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