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Re: Opiated file systems
At 1:30 PM 7/16/96 -0700, Jim Gillogly wrote:
>"Deranged Mutant" <[email protected]> writes:
>>A problem with a c'punk-style encrypted fs with source code and wide
>>distribution is, of course, that attackers will KNOW that there is a
>>duress key.
>
>Good point. This suggests a design desideratum for any such system should
>be that the user may choose not to have a duress key, maintaining
>semi-plausible deniability for those who choose to have one.
Perhaps a user settable number of duress keys with different behavior for
each of them?
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