On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:34 PM, Ted Gould wrote: > On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 15:48 -0700, Stephen P Rufle wrote: > > http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9876060-38.html?tag=nefd.lede > > > > In Linux would an effective counter to this type of attack be scrabbled > > the RAM on shutdown? I also am not sure if the people that steal laptops > > would have the skills to do what the researchers are doing. > > No, because when shutting down there is no issue. The concern here is > suspend and hibernate. If you are very worried about security, > hibernate is probably not a great idea. Suspend, unless you're keeping > something from the NSA I wouldn't worry too much. It's kinda like GPG > keys over a couple thousand bits today, sure the NSA can probably crack > them if they wanted, but are YOU important enough to fill out all that > paperwork? > looks like you're trying to prompt another telecom immunity discussion... :) - http://www.joshuazeidner.com/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss