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Clarification: it's impossible to determine if a hidden volume exists in a TrueCrypt volume. It is trivial to determine whether a given password unlocks the mai
by CGamesPlay 16y ago
Clarification: it's impossible to determine if a hidden volume exists in a TrueCrypt volume. It is trivial to determine whether a given password unlocks the main, hidden, or neither volume.
- hyperbovine 16y agoHow is it trivial to verify whether a password unlocks something the existence of which is impossible to verify?
- NinetyNine 16y agoData about the hidden volume is encrypted and kept in the second 512 bytes of the volume, where as data about the normal volume is in the first 512 bytes. If there is no hidden volume, the second 512 bytes are purely random data. It's impossible to tell an encrypted volume header apart from random data. It's very much "try, and if you fail, you either have the wrong key or the volume doesn't exist".