Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:44:11 +0200 | From | Andreas Steinmetz <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH encrypted swsusp 1/3] core functionality |
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Matt Mackall wrote: > A much more likely vector is stealing the laptop while it's suspended. > And the encrypted swsusp patch has -zero- security here: it writes the > key in the header in the clear. It's rather odd that everyone's hung > up on the "box rooted after resume" attack and completely ignoring the > much more common "stole my laptop" attack. >
Thats because you have already have a solution for "stolen while suspended" with dm-crypt and initrd/initramfs but you don't have a solution for "rooted after resume". -- Andreas Steinmetz SPAMmers use robotrap@domdv.de - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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