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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: ikalihi812 on March 07, 2012, 04:50 am
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TrueCrypt limits you to 9999 bit encryption, are there better options out there?
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there is absolutely no point in using keys that long for modern asymmetric algorithms.
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Why's that? All of my Truecrypt containers have 9999 bit encryption for security purposes.
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Marginal benefit decreases as your bit count goes up that high.
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^Yeah, it's kind of like using the "Guttmann method" to wipe files. If it makes you feel better, do it. Just know that there are no benefits past one overwrite (or ~2048 bits for encryption).
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does truecrypt even use asymmetric algorithms lol
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I don't think so either, maybe he was talking about keyfiles? But I've used keyfiles bigger than ~10K so that doesn't make much sense either.
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^Yeah, it's kind of like using the "Guttmann method" to wipe files. If it makes you feel better, do it. Just know that there are no benefits past one overwrite (or ~2048 bits for encryption).
LMFAO... prove what you just said right now. There are software out there that can retrieve deleted files if you only go over it once.
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kkkk i just re-checked Truecrypt after a long time and it seems that I am limited to 64 ANSI characters(maybe I was in err?)
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LMFAO... prove what you just said right now. There are software out there that can retrieve deleted files if you only go over it once.
h/t kmfkewm for this one: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-88/NISTSP800-88_rev1.pdf