Simple: plain dm-crypt is header-less. More info in the FAQ, Section 6, in particular Items 6.11 and 6.12. Arno On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 15:11:18 CEST, Michael wrote: > > Hi, > > I was wondering why a plain dm-crypt partition looks like random > data while with a Luks partition an attacker will know that the > partition is encrypted. What is exactly the difference on disk? Is > it the header that would tell someone thats an encrypted partition? > Would a Luks partition with a detached header change this situation? > > Thanks. > -- > Regards, > Michael > pub 2048R/CF8EDAA3 2014-06-04 Michael G <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > sub 2048R/28ADE1E3 2014-06-04 > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: CB5D9718 FP: 12D6 C03B 1B30 33BB 13CF B774 E35C 5FA1 CB5D 9718 ---- A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. - Plato _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
