* Christian Kujau <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2007-05-30 17:28:29 +0100]:
> With dm-crypt properly set up, that should NOT be a problem, remember:
>
> "[...] if I take a letter and lock it in a safe, and then
> give you the safe along with the design specifications of the safe and
> a hundred identical safes with their combinations so that you and the
> world's best safecrackers can study the locking mechanism--and you
> still can't open the safe and read the letter, that's security."
> - Bruce Schneier
Correct. Still, being paranoid, I don't wish to hand my adversary my
playbook - even if the adversary hasn't learned to read it yet. It
narrows down what he has to learn to read.
Regards,
Unweitze
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