Steganographic FS for FreeBSD?
Jeremy Faulkner
gldisater at gto.net
Sun Jan 16 16:29:48 PST 2005
cpghost at cordula.ws wrote:
> Hello,
>
> is there some equivalent to StegFS [1] on FreeBSD; preferably
> in combination with GBDE?
>
> Yes, I'm aware of the problem with StegFS cited in paragraph
> 4.1 of [2] by Poul-Henning Kamp:
>
> "If we include the attacker in the analysis, she will soon know
> that the facility used is STEGFS, and consequently that multiple
> levels of keys are not only a possibility but to be expected."
>
> However, having StegFS as an optional part of GBDE would be a
> good idea anyway. If everyone has a StegFS-capable GBDE by
> default in the OS, wouldn't that help increase the deniability
> of it being *used* in the first place?
>
> 1: http://www.mcdonald.org.uk/StegFS/
> 2: http://phk.freebsd.dk/pubs/bsdcon-03.gbde.paper.pdf
>
> Thanks,
> -cpghost.
>
StegFS could never be part of GBDE as GBDE is unaware of what a
filesystem is.
--
Jeremy Faulkner <gldisater at gto.net>
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