It should. You can try on a loop-file to be sure. Arno On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 21:03:17 CEST, Michael wrote: > So a Luks partition with a detached header would look the same as a > plain dm-crypt partition, right? > Quoting Arno Wagner <arno@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > > >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 > > > -- > 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
