> From: Jonathan Berry
> 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?
There's no file allocation table on an NTFS drive, and you don't encrypt the
entire drive, just specific folders or files.
-Mike
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