bdeinfo

NAME
bdeinfo - determines information about a BitLocker Drive Encrypted (BDE) volume

SYNOPSIS
bdeinfo [-k keys] [-o offset] [-p password] [-r password] [-s filename] [-huvV] source

DESCRIPTION
bdeinfo is a utility to determine information about a BitLocker Drive Encrypted (BDE) volume

bdeinfo is part of the libbde package. libbde is a library to access the BitLocker Drive Encryption (BDE) format

source is the source file.

The options are as follows:

-h  shows this help

-k keys
    the full volume encryption key and tweak key formatted in base16 and separated by a : character e.g. FKEV:TWEAK

-o offset
    specify the volume offset in bytes

fl p password
    specify the password

-r password
    specify the recovery password

-s filename
    specify the file containing the startup key. typically this file has the extension .BEK

-u  unattended mode (disables user interaction)

-v  verbose output to stderr

-V  print version

ENVIRONMENT
None

FILES
None

EXAMPLES

    # bdeinfo -p Password /dev/sda1
    bdeinfo 20140403

    BitLocker Drive Encryption information:
    	Encryption method:		AES 128-bit
    	Volume identifier:		a31a8153-5dc1-4bc3-a5b8-e6d77a17c4c0
    	Creation time:			Aug 05, 2011 11:04:38.739926900 UTC
    	Description			:MYPC BDE TEST 8/5/2011
    	Number of key protectors:	2

    Key protector 0:
    	Identifier:			240c5287-d4a5-4f2d-8d38-06a2e563257f
    	Type:				Password

    Key protector 1:
    	Identifier:			e70fad99-e63f-45c1-92e0-1cadabe08ae9
    	Type:				Recovery password

DIAGNOSTICS
Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

BUGS
Please report bugs of any kind to <joachim.metz@gmail.com> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/libbde/

AUTHOR
These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2011-2024, Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
bdemount(1)