disk encryption; hidden containers

[cpghost]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 08:49:36PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> >> To locate them, all a cyrptanalyst has to do is to look out for
> >> regions on the partition with very high entropy,
> >
> > The trick is to hide the volume somewhere that is legitimately filled
> > with random numbers.
> >
> why hiding the ENCRYPTED partition at all? what's a problem someone else 
> will know that it exist, being unable to read what's inside.

It depends where you live. In some places out there, having encrypted
data alone is already suspicious and can put you a risk, physically
and for real.

-cpghost.

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