On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:59:00 -0700, Boyd Waters wrote: > On Feb 22, 2008, at 9:06 AM, Andreas Engelbert wrote: > >> but why not just overwrite the keys in DRAM as soon as a shutdown is >> signaled? > > > That's good, but any hacker or other computer-forensics person will not > allow the computer to shut down. They'll just pull the plug. Quickly. Or keep it on: http://www.wiebetech.com/products/HotPlug.php Micah - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
