From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from v6.tansi.org (ns.km31936-01.keymachine.de [87.118.116.4]) by mail.server123.net (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:48:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from gatewagner.dyndns.org (77-57-44-24.dclient.hispeed.ch [77.57.44.24]) by v6.tansi.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 957FA20DC1EA for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:48:53 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:48:52 +0200 From: Arno Wagner Message-ID: <20140812184852.GA12302@tansi.org> References: <20140812131118.Horde.MBaftrYCouOs6JvR-oUYFw1@skrilnetz.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140812131118.Horde.MBaftrYCouOs6JvR-oUYFw1@skrilnetz.net> Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] =?utf-8?q?dm-crypt_vs_Luks=3A_What=E2=80=99s_the_diffe?= =?utf-8?q?rence_on_disk?= List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de 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 > sub 2048R/28ADE1E3 2014-06-04 > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@saout.de > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@wagner.name GnuPG: ID: CB5D9718 FP: 12D6 C03B 1B30 33BB 13CF B774 E35C 5FA1 CB5D 9718 ---- A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. - Plato