Jan Reusch schrieb: > Dick Middleton schrieb: > >> The problem with writing zeros is that every block will be encoded the >> same so it's possible to see where the real data ends and the encoded >> zeros blocks begin. >> > nope :) > encrypted zeros at sector x give not the same data as encrypted zeros at > sector y (if x != y) > gnah sorry, im not very familiar with this... concerning the "cipher"-cbc-essiv method(standard of luksFormat) i should be right. but there was a problem with the old cryptoloop format (also standard for normal dmcrypt devices as it is compatible to cryptoloop) and watermarking attack. cu Jan --------------------------------------------------------------------- dm-crypt mailing list - http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: dm-crypt-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: dm-crypt-help@xxxxxxxx