fyi: Deniable File System - Rubberhose

Joachim Strombergson joachim at strombergson.com
Wed May 3 22:34:53 EDT 2006


Ivan Krstic wrote:
> 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.
> 

What you want instead is Truecrypt:

http://www.truecrypt.org/

Does what Rubberhose does/did and more. And yes, actively maintained - 
the latest version was released April 17, 2006.

-- 
Med vänlig hälsning, Cheers!

Joachim Strömbergson
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