Heh. I've never believed that story, simply because I disbelieve that 1403s were consistent enough. But maybe they were also SLOW enough that the jitter didn't matter, I dunno.
On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 6:08 PM Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 18:09:26 -0400, Rob Schramm wrote: > > >While the keys that are processed in the Crypto Express cards should be > >safe.. I am less sure about anything else. > > > > > https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-attack-recovers-rsa-encryption-keys-from-em-waves-within-seconds/ > > > Somewhat reminiscent of the decades-old story of a hacker who parked a van > outside a sensitive site and replicated their printouts by deciphering the > EMI > from 1403 print hammer solenoids. > > Both somewhat plausible. Prudent shielding helps. And prohibiting > portable devices. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
