On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 01:03:50AM +0200, Christophe wrote: > Hi, > > I read through the mailling-list and still have a question about LUKS > and brute force attacks : > is there a way to have LUKS block any further trial at accessing the > encrypted partition after (for instance) 10 identification failure > when trying to open the encrypted partition ? > This way, brute force attack would not be possible... > thanks for your answer ! Would not help, since an attacker does not need to use the LUKS code, but can simulate the attack. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dipl. Inform., CISSP --- CSG, ETH Zurich, wagner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists. -- Yosemite park ranger on bear-proof trashcans --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
