[clug] Encrypted Filesystems and "Watermark Attack"

[Alex Satrapa]

On 19/08/2009, at 10:51 , steve jenkin wrote:

> A while back I came across this & some other comments on inherent
> weaknesses of encrypted filesystems.
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermarking_attack>

"ESSIV was designed by Clemens Fruhwirth and has been integrated into  
the Linux kernel since version 2.6.10"
   -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_encryption_theory

Thus according to Wikipedia's version of history, the watermarking  
attack has been addressed since 2.6.10 regardless of other disk- 
specific encryption modes. Clemens appears to be responsible for http://clemens.endorphin.org/publications 
, which lists ESSIV as being part of Linux 2.6.10.

My research consisted of a few seconds of quality time with Google. Do  
not use this information to run nuclear power plants, yadda yadda.

Alex

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