First, you wouldn't normally put dll and exe files on an encrypted
drive. What is the purpose of protecting a standard MicroSoft .dll
file?
Second, normally only the data is encrypted, not the FAT table or
the directory information. The laws exist to protect the medical
records of patients or the names and account numbers of bank clients
but no law requires the protection of the SIZE of your database or
the late date of update of your client list. Right?
At 07:13 PM 2/2/2004, Jonathan Berry wrote:
>I'm really naive about encryption. Please excuse what follows.
>
>But would an encrypted partition have a file allocation table?
>If so, wouldn't this give the potential decrypter a clue about
>the encoding? There are many standard files (e.g. .DLL files)
>on a Windows computer, you could tell the exact version by
>looking at the length of the file. Would knowing the source
>and the object help the decrypter figure out the key? Would it
>be more secure only to encrypt the data, rather than the whole
>Thinkpad drive?
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