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Re: Just how secure encrypted linux partitions really are?
From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:54:01 -0500
2010/12/11 Levente Peres <sheridan () sansz org>:
Hello to All, If anyone have serious hands-on experience with this, I would like to know some hard facts about this matter... I thought to ask you, because here're some of the top experts in this field, so I could find few better places. Hope you can nodge me in the right direction, and take the time to answer this. ... Could some of you please give me some of your thoughts about this? And, maybe, what other methods of file system encryption are out there which are more secure?
If you are using a PBE (password based encryption), its no stronger than the password. Though stated regarding Microsoft's BitLocker, the same applies to all PBE systems: "BitLocker, at its core, is a password technology, we simply have to get the password...", Exploration of Windows 7, Advanced Forensics Topic (page 70). If your file system key is on a USB thumb drive, the security is probably only as strong as the physical security on the thumb drive. Jeff _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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