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Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:07:52 +0100
From: George Hedfors <george.hedfors@...il.com>
To: Levente Peres <sheridan@...sz.org>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Just how secure encrypted linux partitions
 really are?

2010/12/12 Levente Peres <sheridan@...sz.org>:
> 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?
>

I read an article almost two years ago highlighting an interesting
attack vector to the full encryption laptop. Conceptually rather
interesting, which made me not wanting to store information on a
computer that I often leave outside my field of vision.

http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2009/10/evil-maid-goes-after-truecrypt.html

-- 
George Hedfors

http://www.linkedin.com/in/georgehedfors

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