HiVE

@CherriKeener valid points against using RC4. Replace RC4 w/ anything else (AES-CTR) in your implementation/download HiVE src ver 2014.11.03

Since Nov 3rd: new HiVE source code (rel. "2014.07.29") online hive.ccs.neu.edu replaces RC4 with AES-CTR.

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HiVE source code, release 2014.07.29 is online hive.ccs.neu.edu

@thegrugq What do the poor people do that only use 1 volume? Many people use Truecrypt with only one volume, too.

@thegrugq ...regardless of the number of volumes.

@thegrugq :) Ideally, you can show the source code to the adversary and explain that the system "works like this"...

@thegrugq Nobody is going to beat you, because the system works like this. Again: it is 4 GByte if you have 1 volume or 2 volumes.

@thegrugq ...size of HIVE will be 4GB in both cases.

@thegrugq If you use only 1 volume, the size of this volume will be 1GB. If you use two volumes, the size of each will be 1GB. The total

@thegrugq max=2 means that you can create up to two volumes, *either* one *or* two volumes. Each of these volumes will have size 1G.

@thegrugq You do not necessarily have two volumes. Even if you have one volume, the partition has size 4 GB.

@thegrugq Yes, in that example.

@thegrugq The kernel module "exports" the HIVE volumes as block devices. So, you can do whatever you like with them, e.g., format with a FS.

@thegrugq The user partitions his block device/disk/USB stick, such that the HIVE partition has this size.

@thegrugq Example: for simplicity, let max=2, and n_1 = 1GByte. The system sets the total size to 4 * n_1.

@thegrugq ... but it depends on fixed system parameter 'max' and the number of blocks the user asks to be available for the first volume.

@thegrugq The total number of blocks of your HIVE partition does not depend on the number of volumes in use...

@thegrugq We have just uploaded a new FAQ, see: hive.ccs.neu.edu/FAQ

We have just uploaded a new FAQ, see: hive.ccs.neu.edu/FAQ