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SubjectRe: Cryptoloop patch for builtin default passphrase
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:54:31 +0200, "Nico Augustijn." said:
>
>
>>But all that takes some searching. And the passphrase is also XOR-ed with the
>>first 32 bytes of /dev/nvram.
>
>
> So if something touches the first 32 bytes of NVRAM, your data evaporates?
>
> Is this considered a desirable result?

I don't have any feelings about this patch, but it seems to me that you
could always store the contents of the nvram somewhere "safe" (you could
even write them down and take it to a safe deposit box in a bank :) ),
and, if those contents happen to change, you could always write them
again...

Just my 0.02 euros,

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All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
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