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submitted 5 months ago by mayra@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Hello,

Suppose you have a PC with 2 separate SSDs. One is an install of Windows 11. The other is an install of a Linux distro, encrypted at time of installation (for example, with LUKS). Obviously you would only boot into one or the other at a time.

So a dual-boot, but each boot portion is on its own SSD (not sure if this matters, but its a relevant scenario).

Can the Windows 11 portion somehow get through the Linux encryption and access / read data on the Linux portion?

Sorry if this is a stupid or obvious question.

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[-] mayra@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the detailed reply. Just to clarify, I'm asking if the Windows 11 system itself, without my intervention, can access the encrypted Linux portio on its own. Something like a system scan.

[-] viking@infosec.pub 7 points 5 months ago

No, that's the whole point of using encryption. If the windows boatloader had a means of scanning the content of an encrypted file system, it would have already been exploited to circumvent encryption.

[-] mayra@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks! That makes sense.

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