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		ChrisAntaki on Jan 15, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TrueCrypt Master Key Extraction And Volume Identif... Would it help to store a long string of data in memory, say 10mb. Then place the key somewhere in the middle of it? The placement could be based on the password. Just an idea..

attrc on Jan 15, 2014 | [–]

It would not help. Volatility is not doing any searching, instead it is reading TC's data structures in memory to find the key. Basically replicating TC's algos offline.

edwardy20 on Jan 15, 2014 | [–]

It seems like that would be extremely easy to brute force.

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