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Lower number of times we overwrite volume header during the encryption of a partition if the user choose to wipe the driver. Latest studies show that even one pass is enough to make data irretrievable. A value of 3 is a conservative approach that enhance performance without scarifying security. http://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/16130-The-Urban-Legend-of-Multipass-Hard-Disk-Overwrite.html http://digital-forensics.sans.org/blog/2009/01/15/overwriting-hard-drive-data/

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Mounir IDRASSI 2014-07-26 17:46:17 +02:00
parent 1ddae20932
commit 97154aaf51
2 changed files with 7 additions and 4 deletions
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src/Common/Crypto.h
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@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ typedef struct
# define PRAND_DISK_WIPE_PASSES 256
#endif
/* specific value for volume header wipe used only when drive is fully wiped. */
#define PRAND_HEADER_WIPE_PASSES 3
#if !defined (TC_WINDOWS_BOOT) || defined (TC_WINDOWS_BOOT_AES)
# include "Aes.h"
#else

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src/Format/InPlace.c
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@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ int EncryptPartitionInPlaceBegin (volatile FORMAT_VOL_PARAMETERS *volParams, vol
area is occuppied by data until the very end of the process). */
// Prepare the backup header
for (int wipePass = 0; wipePass < (wipeAlgorithm == TC_WIPE_NONE ? 1 : PRAND_DISK_WIPE_PASSES); wipePass++)
for (int wipePass = 0; wipePass < (wipeAlgorithm == TC_WIPE_NONE ? 1 : PRAND_HEADER_WIPE_PASSES); wipePass++)
{
nStatus = CreateVolumeHeaderInMemory (FALSE,
header,
@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ int EncryptPartitionInPlaceBegin (volatile FORMAT_VOL_PARAMETERS *volParams, vol
0,
volParams->headerFlags | TC_HEADER_FLAG_NONSYS_INPLACE_ENC,
volParams->sectorSize,
wipeAlgorithm == TC_WIPE_NONE ? FALSE : (wipePass < PRAND_DISK_WIPE_PASSES - 1));
wipeAlgorithm == TC_WIPE_NONE ? FALSE : (wipePass < PRAND_HEADER_WIPE_PASSES - 1));
if (nStatus != 0)
goto closing_seq;
@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ int EncryptPartitionInPlaceResume (HANDLE dev,
SetNonSysInplaceEncUIStatus (NONSYS_INPLACE_ENC_STATUS_FINALIZING);
for (int wipePass = 0; wipePass < (wipeAlgorithm == TC_WIPE_NONE ? 1 : PRAND_DISK_WIPE_PASSES); wipePass++)
for (int wipePass = 0; wipePass < (wipeAlgorithm == TC_WIPE_NONE ? 1 : PRAND_HEADER_WIPE_PASSES); wipePass++)
{
nStatus = CreateVolumeHeaderInMemory (FALSE,
header,
@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ int EncryptPartitionInPlaceResume (HANDLE dev,
masterCryptoInfo->RequiredProgramVersion,
masterCryptoInfo->HeaderFlags | TC_HEADER_FLAG_NONSYS_INPLACE_ENC,
masterCryptoInfo->SectorSize,
wipeAlgorithm == TC_WIPE_NONE ? FALSE : (wipePass < PRAND_DISK_WIPE_PASSES - 1));
wipeAlgorithm == TC_WIPE_NONE ? FALSE : (wipePass < PRAND_HEADER_WIPE_PASSES - 1));
if (nStatus != ERR_SUCCESS)
goto closing_seq;