You can encryot your swap rather painlessly, but can you encrypt data
going through / stored in RAM from the kernel level (not just on the
application side)? Can't imagine it could help performance much if
you could.
I guess you don't want to put it on a networked or portable computer -
or paper, or ... - if you don't want to share it ;-)
Ben
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Stephen P Rufle
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stephen.p.rufle@cox.net> 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.
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