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That's really bad from a security perspective. It's possible to retrieve all sorts of data from a machine that has been 'slept', especially things like the dec
by Twirrim 12y ago
That's really bad from a security perspective. It's possible to retrieve all sorts of data from a machine that has been 'slept', especially things like the decryption key for the HDD. Various ports on the outside of the laptop, like USB, have DMA for performance reasons.
- nightski 12y agoWouldn't all these issues be present anyways if the thief simply turned on the machine?
- sexmonad 12y agoNo. If I shut down my laptop, my hard drive is encrypted and keys are no longer in RAM (modulo a cold-boot attack, but that is only really useful for <30 minutes after shutdown without preparation).
- nightski 12y agoYou must have great reasons to be so paranoid. I am slightly jealous. I mean the chances of putting the laptop to sleep and having your laptop stolen by someone with enough knowledge to obtain access to the keys in RAM to decrypt the hard drive - well, that would be an amazing story! Not to mention the fact that you have data that would be worth all of that trouble!
- ekianjo 12y agoBoot Bios password. You ever heard of this ?
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