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Re: Accessing the Swap


From: xyberpix <xyberpix () xyberpix com>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 23:24:55 +0100

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Let me know if you're on Linux/BSD and I may be able to help.
Also, do you want to write to the awap or just read from it.

xyberpix

Blog: http://blogs.securiteam.com



On 3 May 2006, at 18:25, Andrew Haninger wrote:

On 5/2/06, Norbert François <norbertlike () gmail com> wrote:
I've a discussion with a friend of mine about Swap encryption.Now I'd
like to do a sort of "proof of concept", retrieving some "dangerous"
informations in the swap... My problem is that I don't know how to
access this part of the HD-memory :S... Can you help me ?
I can't help you, but I think that those who can will need to know
what OS you're using.

In Linux, I *think* you could just cat your swap partition to a file
and read it that way.

HTH.

-Andy

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