On 06/24/2010 12:54 PM, Jessie Morris wrote: > On 6/24/10 12:48 PM, Charles Curley wrote: >> Depends on how long you plan to shut down. If you will exhaust the the >> battery in suspension, then use hibernation. However, hibernation >> writes a memory image to a swap partition, where bad guys can recover >> it. Suspension does not, so it leaves one less thing around for the bad >> guys to recover. >> >> http://www.charlescurley.com/blog/archives/2009/12/05/how_to_secure_your_laptop_before_crossing_the_border/index.html >> >> > That is a lie. You can recover encryption keys and other data from > memory if done right. > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/cryogenically-frozen-ram-bypasses-all-disk-encryption-methods/900
That article is now 2 years old. Has anything been done about that vulnerability? The attack looks easy and seems to require no special hardware. (Freeze the RAM with a dusting can, pull the RAM, put the RAM in your own computer, and use some special OS to read it.) Shane /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
