Re: Lattice Ciphers

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On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Colony.three via openssl-users
openssl-users@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hear about the HP keylogging case recently? Do you think a keylogger is
actually used in testing of a keyboard driver, in practice?

Yes.

More specifically, it's used to ensure that the scancodes that should
be detected when a particular key is hit or released are actually
detected when that key is hit or released. It's also useful for
identifying how a particular keyboard has failed, to see which
scancodes aren't being transmitted properly.

That said, it's not something that should be left in a production
driver. It's more suited for a development/diagnostics station than a
general-purpose system.

Actually no.  Microseconds count, when testing a keyboard driver.  It's easy to imagine that a keylogger could be used, that's why the cover story worked on so many.  But in actual practice it's not useful.


(Eeesh. And my friends call me "paranoid".)


It's easy to characterize this as paranoia.  Unless you are paying attention to -facts- as the feedstock.


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