Go Back   Velocity Reviews > Newsgroups > Computer Security
User Name
Password
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Reply

Computer Security - Ping group, Drivecrypt weakness?

 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 05-28-2004, 11:13 PM   #1
Default Ping group, Drivecrypt weakness?


I am interested in the question of whether or not it can be proved
that a file is a Drivecrypt container, without having the passphrase.

In Drivecrypt 303c, when a container is being created, you can see a
string of random-looking numbers being generated when clicking the
mouse.

I'm guessing that this string of numbers is used somehow to
"randomise" the hash of the passphrase, and/or "randomise" where in
the file it is stored.

Given the string of the random-looking numbers, the hash of the
passphrase, and a hex dump of the resulting container (possibly for a
large number of containers), it does not seem to me to be an
insurmountable task to deduce the algorithm used for "hiding" the hash
of the passphrase. This algorithm may be badly designed, such that a
test for a Drivecrypt container could be produced.

On the other hand it may well be that the hash "hiding" algorithm used
results in an essentially "random" file of numbers, but that in itself
would give a strong indication of encryption - other files being very
unlikely to have such a high degree of randomness.

Am I talking through my backside here or what?


Boship
  Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Cisco 1841 router - can't source ping inside to internet yg1985 Hardware 0 01-27-2009 08:18 AM
PIX 501 [ERR]vpdn enable outside waqas001 General Help Related Topics 0 04-22-2008 12:08 PM
Cannot Ping Local IP address madmunk592 Hardware 5 04-01-2008 03:19 PM
PIX, Server, ping problem... homeboarder8 Hardware 0 12-17-2007 06:45 PM
ds0 group and channel group magnus.prem Hardware 0 07-21-2006 04:00 AM




SEO by vBSEO 3.3.2 ©2009, Crawlability, Inc.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46