Hidden Volume
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.
The layout of a standard VeraCrypt volume before and after a hidden volume was created within it.
The principle is that a VeraCrypt volume is created within another VeraCrypt volume (within the free space on the volume). Even when the outer volume is mounted, it should be impossible to prove whether there is a hidden volume within it or not*, because free
space on any VeraCrypt volume is always filled with random data when the volume is created** and no part of the (dismounted) hidden volume can be distinguished from random data. Note that VeraCrypt does not modify the file
system (information about free space, etc.) within the outer volume in any way.
The password for the hidden volume must be substantially 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 VeraCrypt 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
/*
Derived from source code of TrueCrypt 7.1a, which is
Copyright (c) 2008-2012 TrueCrypt Developers Association and which is governed
by the TrueCrypt License 3.0.
Modifications and additions to the original source code (contained in this file)
and all other portions of this file are Copyright (c) 2013-2016 IDRIX
and are governed by the Apache License 2.0 the full text of which is
contained in the file License.txt included in VeraCrypt binary and source
code distribution packages.
*/
#ifndef TC_HEADER_Main_LanguageStrings
#define TC_HEADER_Main_LanguageStrings
#include "System.h"
#include "Main.h"
namespace VeraCrypt
{
class LanguageStrings
{
public:
LanguageStrings ();
virtual ~LanguageStrings ();
wxString operator[] (const string &key) const;
bool Exists (const string &key) const { return Map.find (key) != Map.end(); }
wstring Get (const string &key) const;
void Init ();
protected:
map <string, wstring> Map;
private:
LanguageStrings (const LanguageStrings &);
LanguageStrings &operator= (const LanguageStrings &);
};
extern LanguageStrings LangString;
}
#endif // TC_HEADER_Main_LanguageStrings
