From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 19:22:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98DBC1065690 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:22:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F7548FC21 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:22:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from epia-2.farid-hajji.net (epia-2 [192.168.254.11]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51D17346CB; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:22:36 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:22:35 +0200 From: cpghost To: Wojciech Puchar Message-ID: <20080722192235.GA69067@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> References: <20080718155624.GA2886@kokopelli.hydra> <20080722154742.GA43358@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> <20080722185140.25c022d4@gumby.homeunix.com.> <20080722204905.U78974@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080722204905.U78974@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: RW , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disk encryption; hidden containers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:22:39 -0000 On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 08:49:36PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >> To locate them, all a cyrptanalyst has to do is to look out for > >> regions on the partition with very high entropy, > > > > The trick is to hide the volume somewhere that is legitimately filled > > with random numbers. > > > why hiding the ENCRYPTED partition at all? what's a problem someone else > will know that it exist, being unable to read what's inside. It depends where you live. In some places out there, having encrypted data alone is already suspicious and can put you a risk, physically and for real. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/