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SubjectRe: encrypted swap [was: The disappearing sys_call_table export.]
On Wed, 14 May 2003 12:13:03 -0400, Ahmed Masud wrote:
>
> The idea is to have encryption keys for the pages to be unique on a
> per-uid per-process basis. So one user on the system cannot access (even
> if they are root) parts of another's private data. To achieve this,
> different parts of swap device need to be encrypted with different keys.

How do user *know* that root cannot simply bypass this security?

Root, god, what's the difference? ;-)

Jörn

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