Re: TrueCrypt whole disk encryption

[Rob Thompson <my.security.lists () gmail com>]

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Patrick Hendrick wrote:
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|> I've recently installed the latest TrueCrypt version which does whole
|> disk encryption. I have encrypted my HD on my laptop and want to
|> verify that it is doing what it is saying that it's doing. So far to
|> test I have used the Knoppix Insert seurity live CD and tried to mount
|> the drive. Unsuccessful as I figured it should be. Then I used GParted
|> to take a peek at the drive and it showed as uknown file type or
|> unformatted. Anything else I can do to verify the encryption?
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Is this on a *nix box or a Windows box?

I'm not proficient in *nix enough to speak confidently, but for Windows,
pop a boot disk in.  Boot to DOS and browse the file system.  See if
anything makes sense.

It shouldn't.  At all, in any way shape or form.

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Rob

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