Re: OT: Security threat from side channel attacks, linux vulnerable?

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On 05/02/2012 06:34 PM, Arthur Dent wrote:
On 05/01/2012 05:59 PM, stan wrote:
The main question, though; is Fedora vulnerable to this sort of
attack?  It sounds like it is a combination of hardware and software
usage patterns that create the vulnerability, so do things like
randomized heap make this impossible?
    To be completely save one has to completely cover their computer,
internet cable, modem,router, the electrical  wires which the
    computer is connected too, in tin foil.l so there is no
electromagnetic leak of any sort and install OpenBSD.
Well that, and of course you need to wear a similar tin foil hat on your
head while using the computer because, as everyone knows, your brainwave
patterns are vulnerable to the scanning devices that all Western
intelligence agencies use routinely...


This is plainly wrong.......
The same was suggested when I asked about electromagnetic static from overhead wires some time ago. Aluminium foil works like the aluminium rotor in your electricity metre - things turn around uncontrollably. I wore full aluminium foil head gear as recommended, and full aluminium foil body suit and got rotated while driving the bus. Not nice, although the kids loved the sparkly blue glow.
Roger

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