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Re: fyi: Deniable File System - Rubberhose

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ivan Krstic)
Tue May 2 11:31:20 2006

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Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 10:37:42 -0400
From: Ivan Krstic <krstic@fas.harvard.edu>
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Cc: owen@blacker.me.uk
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Owen Blacker wrote:
> I wanted to create a file system that was 
> deniable: where encrypted files looked like random noise, and where it 
> was impossible to prove either the existence or non-existence of 
> encrypted files.

I spent some time thinking about this a few years back:

 http://diswww.mit.edu/bloom-picayune/crypto/15520

Rubberhose was one of the things that came up, along with StegFS and
BestCrypt. Unfortunately, it seems like Rubberhose hasn't seen work in
over 5 years.

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Ivan Krstic <krstic@fas.harvard.edu> | GPG: 0x147C722D

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