2010/12/11 Levente Peres <[email protected]>: > Hello to All, > > If anyone have serious hands-on experience with this, I would like to know > some hard facts about this matter... I thought to ask you, because here're > some of the top experts in this field, so I could find few better places. > Hope you can nodge me in the right direction, and take the time to answer > this. > > ... > > Could some of you please give me some of your thoughts about this? And, > maybe, what other methods of file system encryption are out there which are > more secure? > If you are using a PBE (password based encryption), its no stronger than the password. Though stated regarding Microsoft's BitLocker, the same applies to all PBE systems: "BitLocker, at its core, is a password technology, we simply have to get the password...", Exploration of Windows 7, Advanced Forensics Topic (page 70).
If your file system key is on a USB thumb drive, the security is probably only as strong as the physical security on the thumb drive. Jeff _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
