data remanence

[Kalevi Nyman]

On this machine I'm working right now, I don't use SWAP. 1GB RAM only!

/K
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glymr wrote:
> the only thing you'd have to be sure about is that the livecd used an
> encrypted swap
> 
> Kalevi Nyman wrote:
>>> Why don't you use a simple CD-ROM to boot your computer? Don't even try
>>> to install anything into your new hard-drive!
>>>
>>> If that is not secure enough, what is? One can have several diffenrent
>>> CD-ROMs with games, OpenOffice, Only Linux OS with TOR but nothing else
>>> e.t.c.
>>>
>>> Is this a secret?
>>>
>>> /K
>>> ---
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael Holstein wrote:
>>>>> There are methods (and they are used) to read data from a overwritten
>>>>> disk.
>>>> Has anyone tried creating a (ro) flash-boot linux system for TOR with
>>>> all the (rw) stuff mounted in RAM ?
>>>>
>>>> Such a device would raise the bar quite a bit, no? (AFIK, there is no
>>>> data remanence problem with DRAM .. unless $they can stop the clock and
>>>> keep power applied).
>>>>
>>>> (seeing the $agency come in with a UPS and trying to splice the A/C
>>>> without shutting it off, and then carrying out the server on battery
>>>> power conjures up memories of a certian Seinfield episode).
>>>>
>>>> /mike.
>>>>
>>>>
> 

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