[LBo] more fyi - Paper Describes Weakness of Disk Encryption Software

[Robert Spangler]

On Friday 22 February 2008 16:57, Jerry McBride wrote:

>  On Friday 22 February 2008 04:37:08 pm Sam Morgan wrote:
>  > the following is an excerpt from:
>  > SANS NewsBites            February 22, 2008              Vol. 10, Num.
>  > 15
>  >
>  > <quote>
>  >   --Paper Describes Weakness of Disk Encryption Software
>
>  ----snip----
>
>  The bottom line is... the encryption key can persist in memory under
> extreme situations... Some one has to really, really want to know what your
> up to before this is a real problem.
>
>  That said... just turn the damn thing off when you are done working with
> it... Sleep mode, hibernate mode, disk encryption and sensitive data NEVER
> go hand in hand....

[quote]
 the researchers show that data is vulnerable because encryption keys and 
passwords stored in a computer's temporary memory -- or RAM -- do not 
disappear immediately after losing power.
[/quote]

Not really.  The question then is how long is this infgormation stored.


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Robert

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