Ok, thanks for the information. I don't have a backup of my LUKS header. Next time I will remember that I don't try to use my home partition during install ;) So, shit happens. -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 08:37:22 +0530 > Von: "Sitaram Chamarty" <sitaramc@xxxxxxxxx> > An: dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > Betreff: Re: Hash overwritten / recovery possible? > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 6:59 AM, Roscoe <eocsor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:00 AM, Arno Wagner <arno@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> If I remember correctly, there is no backup of the LUKS header. > >> I think there are tools you can sue to make one yourself. > >> > >> As to data recovery for overweritten miodern HDDs, nobody > >> admits to be able to do it. > >> > > > > Not to mention LUKS implements anti forensic measures too! > > I don't think LUKS' anti-forensics is doing anything specific here. > AFAIK it works by (a) making it hard to recover the old password when > you change a password and (b) ensuring that protection is not defeated > by the disk firmware under certain conditions. > > Overwriting with a brand new install does not (I'm pretty sure) > achieve the same level of protection -- the new LUKS does not know > there's an old one underneath -- so in theory the kind of stuff that > Peter Gutmann talks about can be used to recover the previous contents > of those sectors. > > In practice it's a little iffy, definitely expensive, and probably not > worth it for the kind of data loss he is talking about. > > The real problem here is Ubuntu, not recognising that an existing LUKS > partition exists and blithely overwriting it. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
