Defeating encrypted and deniable file systems: TrueCrypt v5.1a and the case of the tattling OS and applications

HotSec 2008 - 3rd USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Security

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Czeskis, Alexei ^a   St Hilaire, David J ^a   Koscher, Karl ^a   Gribble, Steven D ^a   Kohno, Tadayoshi ^a   Schneier, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BT

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; FILE ORGANIZATION;

ENCRYPTED FILE SYSTEM; ENCRYPTION SOFTWARE; FILE SYSTEMS; GOOGLE DESKTOP; MICROSOFT WORD; SECURITY REQUIREMENTS; TRUECRYPT; WINDOWS VISTA;

WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM;

EID: 84947196743     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (10)

1. R. Anderson, R. Needham, and A. Shamir. The steganographic file system. In Information Hiding, 1998.
2. M. Blaze. A cryptographic file system for UNIX. In CCS, 1993.
3. J. Granick. EFF answers your questions about border searches. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/ border-search-answers, 2008.
4. J. Hager. The Windows shortcut file format. http://www.i2s-lab.com/Papers/The_Windows_ Shortcut_File_Format.pdf, 2003.
5. D. McCullagh. Security guide to customs-proofing your laptop. http://www.news.com/8301-13578_ 3-9892897-38.html, 2008.
6. A. D. McDonald and M. G. Kuhn. StegFS: A steganographic file system for Linux. In Information Hiding, 1999.
7. B. Oler and I. E. Fray. Deniable file system: Application of deniable storage to protection of private keys. In International Conference on Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications (CISIM), 2007.
8. B. Schneier. "Taking your laptop into the US? Be sure to hide all your data first". The Guardian, 15 May 2008.
9. B. Schneier. Deniable file system. http: //www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/04/ deniable_file_s.html, 2006.
10. N. Zeldovich, S. Boyd-Wickizer, E. Kohler, and D. Mazières. Making information flow explicit in HiStar. In OSDI, 2006.