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, 6 Jan 2015 09:33:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from gatewagner.dyndns.org (77-57-49-177.dclient.hispeed.ch [77.57.49.177]) by v6.tansi.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 4E0C920DC238 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2015 09:33:41 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 09:33:40 +0100 From: Arno Wagner Message-ID: <20150106083340.GA32360@tansi.org> References: <7FD87F5D-AD43-4CC1-8FBA-724919533835@it-inc.co.za> <20150106064737.GA1953@fritha.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150106064737.GA1953@fritha.org> Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Fwd: Encryption info List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 07:47:37 CET, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 05.01.2015, Gary Evetts wrote: > > > Are you able to help me with the un-encrypting of the data files that have > > been encrypted or are the offenders the only source of a resolution? > > LUKS/cryptsetup is not used here, since you are on Windows. > However, you should check if your files are actually encrypted or > not. For me, there's a possibility that they only want you to click on > the .EXE, with all the nasty consequences this could have. Good idea. I think this is a definite possibility. Privilege escalation with user action is far easier than without, especially if the click then asks for escalation. > Btw: You have a backup of your data? If the data is encrypted, your best bet is likely reconstruction from backup and then patching it before connecting it to the net again. Arno -- 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 If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier