Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:05:40 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Encrypted slice with geli Message-ID: <20090421010540.1407c3a0@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <64c038660904201317k465064c3mece86b4ad9ed1e73@mail.gmail.com> References: <49ECCF4E.3060104@bah.homeip.net> <64c038660904201317k465064c3mece86b4ad9ed1e73@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:17:40 -0600 Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> wrote: > Cryptographically speaking: No, the majority of your data still > exists as magnetic signatures on the physical disk. (Though is not > directly accessible.) This is a bit misleading, the data in the unwritten disk sectors is still accessible through the device, so it would still be possible to image the disk and perform offline reconstruction of the data. You wouldn't need to rely on magnetic hysteresis.
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