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Re: Re: Re: Why isn't full disk encryption from manufactures aslam dunk?


From: gjgowey () tmo blackberry net
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:18:03 +0000

It depends on how "well" the drivers are written.  Some take better care of trying to protect the memory accesses of 
the keys than othes. 

Geoff

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-----Original Message-----
From: "ganesh mahadevan" <ganesh.was.mahadevan () gmail com>

Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:03:45 
To:gjgowey () tmo blackberry net
Cc:empfour () hotmail com, listbounce () securityfocus com,security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Why isn't full disk encryption from manufactures aslam dunk?


Just a curios thought.

Is it not possible to get the keys from the memory or swap file?

Ganesh


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