From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 27 15:28:23 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64D8B1065672 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:28:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [212.17.241.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E711A8FC23 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:28:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m1REnuv4006865; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:49:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id m1REnuQU006864; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:49:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:49:56 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200802271449.m1REnuQU006864@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-hackers User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.2-STABLE-20070808 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:49:58 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: Security Flaw in Popular Disk Encryption Technologies X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:28:23 -0000 Martin Laabs wrote: > Preventing the physical access to the memory modules > could be done with a light sensor or a simple switch > at the computer case. Easily to circumvent, too. > If you implement also a temperature- > sensor near the memory-modules you could prevent cooling > them down before removal. (You'd just overwrite the keys > if the temperature falls i.e. below 10°C) Cool ... Then I won't be able to boot my laptop when I have to wait at the train station in winter ... Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd > Can the denizens of this group enlighten me about what the > advantages of Python are, versus Perl ? "python" is more likely to pass unharmed through your spelling checker than "perl". -- An unknown poster and Fredrik Lundh