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: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:25:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140813002521.GA15256@tansi.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140812190317.Horde.mw3md8_U1Ph6CILQQ2iCpg1@skrilnetz.net>
It should. You can try on a loop-file to be sure.
Arno
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 21:03:17 CEST, Michael wrote:
> So a Luks partition with a detached header would look the same as a
> plain dm-crypt partition, right?
> Quoting Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name>:
>
> >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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> Michael
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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
2014-08-12 19:03 ` Michael
2014-08-13 0:25 ` Arno Wagner [this message]
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