On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 07:58:56PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 12.04.2010, Arno Wagner wrote: > > > However as a keylogger has to be root and root can read > > the encryption key from memory, it is pretty useless > > security-wise. > > Seems it's an hardware keylogger he meant.. If he has a hardware Keylogger on his system, somebody did physically manipulate his machine and all bets are off anyways. There may, e.g., now be a webcam in his ceiling, recording whatever is on his screen. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
