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TrueCrypt supports Hidden OS partitions much like its normal hidden containers and it asks for these passwords at boot. You could enter one password and have i
by Simucal 15y ago
TrueCrypt supports Hidden OS partitions much like its normal hidden containers and it asks for these passwords at boot.
You could enter one password and have it boot into a boring Windows XP environment while the true password would boot to your actual environment with all your secret files.
- Karunamon 15y agoThere's the file time problem, though. Okay, let's say you're Joe Randomguy and you keep two XP partitions. One that you actively use and might have all manner of contraband on it, and another "boring" one for showing any would-be snoopers. It's Jan 2012. What do you think is going to happen when they see that the one you gave up the code to hasn't been touched since July 2011? Does Truecrypt have an option to not record date/time stamps on volumes, or better yet, scramble them?
- burgerbrain 15y agoStandard practice is to use the one you don't care about for things you don't care about (which for most people, will be most things. Web browsing, gaming, emailing the aunt, whatever). Timestamps are going to be at the FS layer or higher, not much Truecrypt can realistically do about that..
- corin_ 15y agoHow do you prove in a court of law that a.) those timestamps are correct and b.) I have definitely used it since July 2011?
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- CGamesPlay 15y agoTruecrypt does have an option to disable file time updates on file volumes. Also for ext at least, you can mount with nomtime, noatime, noctime and completely disable file times.
- pyre 15y agoHow does preventing the filesystem from writing timestamps solve anything? We're talking about the 'boring partition' having timestamps that suggest that you haven't used it in months (i.e. really old timestamps), when there is probably evidence elsewhere that you have used it (e.g. emails that you've sent since those timestamps).
- jiggy2011 15y agojust write false timestamps to the FS saying it was used more recently?
- Karunamon 15y agoOr scramble them altogether. Every write to the filesystem through Truecrypt's driver results in a completely random (but still valid) ctime/atime for that file. I can't readily think of any Windows processes this would break.