<cemeqi> wrote:

> "nemo_outis" <abc@xyz.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns98F8CFF119F5Dabcxyzcom@204.153.245.131...
> > http://www.truecrypt.org/
> >
> > Regards,
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> > PS Main change: Vista ready
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> While we are at it I would like to clear up as to whether the volume is
> recognized or not.
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> On the Security and Encryption FAQ - Revision 21.1.1 of Dr Who to be found
> at https://www.panta-rhei.eu.org/pantaw...dEncryptionFaq, it
> says:
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> "[TrueCrypt] does not display any file header info to help a snooper
> identify the file's purpose. The header is encrypted and shows as random
> garbage. But it will identify which type of format was used to create the
> Truecrypt volume. Despite Windows and other programs claiming the partition
> is not formatted, Truecrypt will itself rather unhelpfully tell the world
> that it is obviously a Truecrypt created volume. I am at a loss to
> understand the logic of this, but there it is."
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> But on the Truecrypt page at http://www.truecrypt.org/, it says:
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> "2) No TrueCrypt volume can be identified (volumes cannot be distinguished
> from random data)."
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> Does this mean that the Security and Encryption FAQ is not up-to-date or
> that the TrueCrypt page is not entirely correct? Or, alternatively, that
> there is something I am missing?

What it means is that "Dr. Who" is a clueless dullard. His FAQ is so
riddled with mistakes, misinformation, FUD, and SPAM it's a joke. No
reputable site even mirrors it any more.

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