Re: [PEN-TEST] Penetration Testing and Van Eck Scanning

[Frank Darden <fdarden () LOCKED COM>]

A good way to get government spooks on your trail is to start calling and
inquiring about commercial Tempest or EMF monitoring solutions... I did this
a year or so ago, and started getting some VERY interesting phone calls.

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Butcher [mailto:alex () S3 INTEGRALIS CO UK]
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 11:09 AM
To: PEN-TEST () SECURITYFOCUS COM
Subject: Re: [PEN-TEST] Penetration Testing and Van Eck Scanning


ISSO wrote:
> I think TEMPEST eavesdropping has very limited value with today's low
> rad monitors.

According to <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ih98-tempest.pdf>, neither
the use of low-radiation monitors nor LCD panels makes much difference.
In fact, some TFT LCDs were found to be _more_ leaky than monitors!

Best Regards,
Alex.
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