I do the same. In fact I use dm-crypt with a random key and non-crypto randomness (mersenne-twister) for this. For full drives it works. The discussion at hand is about "random" areas that only cover part of a drive that is still in use. Arno On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 02:26:37PM -0400, test532@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I blank out with random data any hard drive I no longer use (as it is too > small, too slow, Etc). These are filled with just that, random data; No > encrypted data left on those drives. > > = > > plausible deniability > > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 09:32:39PM +0200, Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe wrote: > > > Sarah Dean <sdean12@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:04:48 -0400, test532@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > >>external luks header feature that Rick mentioned. dm-crypt comes with > > > >>practically every linux. Therefor, having dm-crypt installed on one's > > > >> system means nothing. > > > > > > dm-crypt on a system together with lots of random-like data just means > > > something more. > > > > Indeed. And the presence of encrypted/random data can be tested for > > with relatively low effort. > > > > Arno > > > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx 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 If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
