Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070250920
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Prior Art Detail
Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | Hidden volumes feature (http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/hidden-volume.php) in TrueCrypt implements the password-dependent access control to encrypted data. One password gives access to a regular volume (with no sensitive information) the other password allows to access a hidden volume that may contains confidential information. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Source Code |
| Name/Title | TrueCrypt |
| Publication Date | December 10, 2004 |
| Author | TrueCrypt Foundation |
| URL | http://www.truecrypt.org/ |
| System Type | Application Program |
| Printed Materials (Documentation, Manual, Training Guide, Literature, et cetera) | No |
| Online Source Code Repository | Yes |
| Online project documentation | No |
| Storage Media (Floppy disk, CD-ROM, Tape, et cetera) | No |
| Other | No |
| How to Locate the Evidence (e.g. Location of the System Documentation -- Product Manual, User Guide, or Training Guide) | |
| URL for Software Repository | http://www.truecrypt.org/downlo... |
| URL for Product Description | http://www.truecrypt.org/ |
| Licensing Model | Open Source |
| Programming Language | |
Notes / To Do
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Excerpt
Excerpt From http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/hidden-volume.php :
It may happen that you are forced by somebody to reveal the password to an encrypted volume. There are many situations where you cannot refuse to reveal the password (for example, due to extortion). Using a so-called hidden volume allows you to solve such situations without revealing the password to your volume.
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The password for the hidden volume must be different from the password for the outer volume. To the outer volume, (before creating the hidden volume within it) you should copy some sensitive-looking files that you actually do NOT want to hide. These files will be there for anyone who would force you to hand over the password. You will reveal only the password for the outer volume, not for the hidden one. Files that really are sensitive will be stored on the hidden volume.
A hidden volume can be mounted the same way as a standard TrueCrypt volume: Click Select File or Select Device to select the outer/host volume (important: make sure the volume is not mounted). Then click Mount, and enter the password for the hidden volume. Whether the hidden or the outer volume will be mounted is determined by the entered password (i.e., when you enter the password for the outer volume, then the outer volume will be mounted; when you enter the password for the hidden volume, the hidden volume will be mounted).
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Relevance
Claims
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A security system for controlling the access of a user to an asset, comprising a password-protected access interface and asset access means, the access interface comprising means for receiving user credentials comprising a password, wherein the access interface accepts user credentials in which the password is one of a recognized primary password and one or more recognized secondary passwords, the asset access means being operably associated with the access interface such that when the accepted user credentials comprise the primary password, the asset access means provides access to the asset, and when the accepted user credentials comprise one of the one or more secondary passwords, the asset access means provides relatively limited or feigned access to the asset, and when the user credentials do not comprise one of the primary password and the one or more secondary passwords, the asset access means denies access to the asset.
Relevance
TrueCrypt's hidden volume feature provides implementation for two-password access, where access to more sensitive information is granted only with the "primary" password (while a secondary password allows access to less priviledged or unimportant data).
TrueCrypt's hidden volume feature provides implementation for two-password access, where access to more sensitive information is granted only with the "primary" password (while a secondary password allows access to less priviledged or unimportant data).
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The system of Claim 1, wherein feigned access is provided in response to at least one of the one or more secondary passwords.
Relevance
TrueCrypt's hidden volume feature provides implementation for two-password access, where access to more sensitive information is granted only with the "primary" password (while a secondary password allows access to less priviledged or unimportant data).
TrueCrypt's hidden volume feature provides implementation for two-password access, where access to more sensitive information is granted only with the "primary" password (while a secondary password allows access to less priviledged or unimportant data).
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