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<h1>Journaling File Systems</h1>
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<p>When a file-hosted VeraCrypt container is stored in a journaling file system (such as NTFS or Ext3), a copy of the VeraCrypt container (or of its fragment) may remain in the free space on the host volume. This may have various security implications. For
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example, if you change the volume password/keyfile(s) and an adversary finds the old copy or fragment (the old header) of the VeraCrypt volume, he might use it to mount the volume using an old compromised password (and/or using compromised keyfiles using an
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old compromised password (and/or using compromised keyfiles that were necessary to mount the volume before the volume header was re- encrypted). Some journaling file systems also internally record file access times and other potentially sensitive information.
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If you need plausible deniability (see section <a href="Plausible%20Deniability.html">
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<em>Plausible Deniability</em></a>), you must not store file-hosted VeraCrypt containers in journaling file systems. To prevent possible security issues related to journaling file systems, do one the following:</p>
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<li>Use a partition/device-hosted VeraCrypt volume instead of file-hosted. </li><li>Store the container in a non-journaling file system (for example, FAT32). </li></ul>
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