From: Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name>
To: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] dm-crypt vs Luks: What’s the difference on disk
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:48:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140812184852.GA12302@tansi.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140812131118.Horde.MBaftrYCouOs6JvR-oUYFw1@skrilnetz.net>
Simple: plain dm-crypt is header-less.
More info in the FAQ, Section 6, in particular Items
6.11 and 6.12.
Arno
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 15:11:18 CEST, Michael wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering why a plain dm-crypt partition looks like random
> data while with a Luks partition an attacker will know that the
> partition is encrypted. What is exactly the difference on disk? Is
> it the header that would tell someone thats an encrypted partition?
> Would a Luks partition with a detached header change this situation?
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Regards,
> Michael
> pub 2048R/CF8EDAA3 2014-06-04 Michael G <michael@skrilnetz.net>
> sub 2048R/28ADE1E3 2014-06-04
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-12 18:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-12 13:11 [dm-crypt] dm-crypt vs Luks: What’s the difference on disk Michael
2014-08-12 18:48 ` Arno Wagner [this message]
2014-08-12 19:03 ` Michael
2014-08-13 0:25 ` Arno Wagner
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