File Vault - Revision history

Joachim Metz at 04:40, 8 August 2012

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add to cat encryption

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crypto.nsa.org "VileFault" whitepaper.

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 * [[FileVault Disk Encryption]]
-=== Links ===
+== External Links ==
-*You can find a good discussion of File Vault's usability shortcomings in [http://www.simson.net/thesis Simson Garfinkel's PhD Thesis].
+* [http://www.simson.net/thesis Design Principles and Patterns for Computer Systems That Are Simultaneously Secure and Usable], by [[Simson Garfinkel]], May 2005. PhD thesis that discusses of File Vault's usability shortcomings.
-*[http://chaosradio.ccc.de/23c3_m4v_1642.html Unlocking FileVault] Talk at [http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-static/static/2/3/r/23rd_Chaos_Communication_Congress_7c1f.html 23c3] (video)
+* [http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Fahrplan/track/Hacking/1642.en.html Unlocking FileVault] talk at 23rd Chaos Communication Congress (23c3), by [[Jacob Appelbaum]], [[Ralf-Philipp Weinmann]], December 2006
-*[http://chaosradio.ccc.de/23c3_mp3_1642.html Unlocking FileVault] Talk at [http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-static/static/2/3/r/23rd_Chaos_Communication_Congress_7c1f.html 23c3] (audio)
+** [http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-static/static/2/3/r/23rd_Chaos_Communication_Congress_7c1f.html video]
-*[http://crypto.nsa.org/vilefault/23C3-VileFault.pdf Unlocking FileVault Whitepaper]
+** [http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-static/static/2/3/r/23rd_Chaos_Communication_Congress_7c1f.html audio]
 [[Category:Encryption]]
 [[Category:Disk encryption]]

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-File Vault is the cryptographic file system developed by [http://www.apple.com Apple] and introduced with MacOS 10.3.
+FileVault (or File Vault) is the cryptographic file system developed by [http://www.apple.com Apple] and introduced with MacOS 10.3.
-File Vault works by storing each user's home directory in an encrypted "[[.sparseimage]]" file. The file is automatically mounted when the user logs in and unmounted when the user logs out. All of the user's files and preferences are stored in this file.  The file's encryption key is stored in the .sparseimage file, but that encryption key is itself encrypted with the user's login password.
+FileVault works by storing each user's home directory in an encrypted "[[.sparseimage]]" file. The file is automatically mounted when the user logs in and unmounted when the user logs out. All of the user's files and preferences are stored in this file.  The file's encryption key is stored in the .sparseimage file, but that encryption key is itself encrypted with the user's login password.
 There are no known attacks against File Vault other than a brute force attack on the user's password.
 As part of the [http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html#security security enhancements] in OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Apple have moved from AES-128 to AES-256 for the encryption used in the disk image.
 == See Also ==

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	As part of the [http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html#security security enhancements] in OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Apple have moved from AES-128 to AES-256 for the encryption used in the disk image.		As part of the [http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html#security security enhancements] in OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Apple have moved from AES-128 to AES-256 for the encryption used in the disk image.
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		+	== See Also ==
		+	* [[FileVault Disk Encryption]]

	=== Links ===		=== Links ===

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	*[http://chaosradio.ccc.de/23c3_mp3_1642.html Unlocking FileVault] Talk at [http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-static/static/2/3/r/23rd_Chaos_Communication_Congress_7c1f.html 23c3] (audio)		*[http://chaosradio.ccc.de/23c3_mp3_1642.html Unlocking FileVault] Talk at [http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-static/static/2/3/r/23rd_Chaos_Communication_Congress_7c1f.html 23c3] (audio)
	*[http://crypto.nsa.org/vilefault/23C3-VileFault.pdf Unlocking FileVault Whitepaper]		*[http://crypto.nsa.org/vilefault/23C3-VileFault.pdf Unlocking FileVault Whitepaper]
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		+	[[Category:Encryption]]

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	*[http://chaosradio.ccc.de/23c3_m4v_1642.html Unlocking FileVault] Talk at [http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-static/static/2/3/r/23rd_Chaos_Communication_Congress_7c1f.html 23c3] (video)		*[http://chaosradio.ccc.de/23c3_m4v_1642.html Unlocking FileVault] Talk at [http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-static/static/2/3/r/23rd_Chaos_Communication_Congress_7c1f.html 23c3] (video)
	*[http://chaosradio.ccc.de/23c3_mp3_1642.html Unlocking FileVault] Talk at [http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-static/static/2/3/r/23rd_Chaos_Communication_Congress_7c1f.html 23c3] (audio)		*[http://chaosradio.ccc.de/23c3_mp3_1642.html Unlocking FileVault] Talk at [http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006-static/static/2/3/r/23rd_Chaos_Communication_Congress_7c1f.html 23c3] (audio)
		+	*[http://crypto.nsa.org/vilefault/23C3-VileFault.pdf Unlocking FileVault Whitepaper]

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	There are no known attacks against File Vault other than a brute force attack on the user's password.		There are no known attacks against File Vault other than a brute force attack on the user's password.
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		+	You can find a good discussion of File Vault's usability shortcomings in [http://www.simson.net/thesis Simson Garfinkel's PhD Thesis].