At this time, AES keys stored in RAM are vulnerable to cold boot attacks. Tresor solves this by storing crypto keys in CPU debug registers, thus preventing a RAM dump for the keys.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_boot_attack ** Tags added: kernel-bug needs-packaging patch-needswork -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/834903 Title: needs packaging: tresor kernel patch for secure encryption routines To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/834903/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
