Arno Wagner wrote: > 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 > Thx for you answer, Still, I don't understand how he could simulate the attack, since I thought the partition was encoded with a cipher-key. I thought the cipher key was acessible only when you get the password right, then acces it from the partition table. I am sorry I dod not get deep enough into the implemantation of luks, but still I would like to understand. Do you pls have a hint for me of a link I could read, not about the implementation precisely but why an attacker could / could not attack ? thank you -- Envoyez vous vos lettres postales sans fermer l'enveloppe ? Non ! Alors pensez à utiliser crypter vos email et envoyez moi votre clé publique ! plus d'info @ : http://openpgp.vie-privee.org/openpgp.html Par exemple : WinPt sous window$ ! http://winpt.sourceforge.net/fr/download.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
