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SubjectRe: [PATCH encrypted swsusp 1/3] core functionality
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".
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