Re: Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd)

[Reeza! <howree@cable.navy.mil>]

At 07:45 AM 9/22/98 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
>Forwarded message:
>> From: "Neels Kriek" <kriek@bigfoot.com>
>> Subject: Re: Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd)
>> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 01:52:03 -0500
>> I have bee using Encrypted magic Folders for a while now.  it gives you the
>> option of encrypting all files in a specific folder. it can also do file
>> name scrambling and even hide all the files in a directory from the OS.
>> 
>> It activates through a hot key combination.  You work on the files you want
>> and when you exit emf the whole dir is hidden again.  probably not the most
>> secure system but it will certainly fool most them if you disable booting
>> from a stiffy/floppy.
>
>The problem is this approach is detectible with a suitable 'virus scanner'
>technology. Even if the encrypted folders and such don't appear in the file
>system you have various other pieces of the processing agent that must sit
>around on the drive and hence are open to signature attacks.
>

The first assertion is not entirely accurate- I played with Magic Folders
for a while- it relies on a command, usu. in the autoexec.bat or win.ini
file (dos/windows environment) to load, with a bootable floppy disk these
commands would would be bypassed and the so-called "hidden" folder is in
plain sight. 

Reeza!

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