> > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: How to protect an encrypted file system for off-line >attack? >Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:31:51 +0100 > >>[email protected] escribió: >>>> >>>> >>>> ---- Original Message ---- >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: How to protect an encrypted file system for off-line >>>> attack? >>>> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:53:27 +0100 >>>> >>>>> Ron Johnson escribió: >>>>>> On 02/23/2009 09:26 AM, Javier wrote: >>>>>>> Ron Johnson escribió: >>>>>>>> On 02/23/2009 01:28 AM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote: >>>>>>>>> 2009/2/21 Javier <[email protected]>: >>>>>>>>>> I'm actually using encfs to protect my sensitive data, >>>>>>>>> Eh... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://xkcd.com/538/ >>>>>>>> That's known as Rubber Hose Decryption. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Oh yes, but if he had the chance to scape, at least the files >>>> continue >>>>>>> to be untouchable.... >>>>>> Given enough time, and resources, *nothing* is untouchable. >It's >>>> just a >>>>>> matter of whether They think that the time-effort is worth >being >>>> spent >>>>>> on *you*. >>>>> Do you mean that there is a way to crack a 256bits AES? >>>>> >>> Yep! Given enough plaintext and ciphertext and enough time (or >>> parallel compute power and less time), a brute force attack will >>> always work. >>> Larry >> >>What do you mean with "always work"? I mean, is it not going to take >one >>million years or so? For example, if you encrypt your /home. >> >> My "solution" was a standard brute force attack. It seems each time a new algorithm arises purporting to take "a million years" to break, it is in fact broken within years and finally days. In fact IIRC the RSA system was broken after a challenge from Ron Rivest (the "R") via a concerted attack using the Internet to parse out the key space. Larry >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] >ebian.org >> >> >>
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