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From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Security boffins unveil BitUnlocker

> > Also, full-disk encryption technologies that are
> > embedded in the hardware of modern hard disks typically
> > do not store keys in RAM. The user enters the PIN
> > that's required to have the controller release the key.
>
>  The PIN would then pass through RAM.

That's not the point.

If I put the machine into sleep/standby, there is no key in RAM, so there is 
nothing to grab via this attack, unlike other technologies.

Cheers
Ken

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