From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IdszB-0003Mk-VN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:37:22 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l95JQiuA011724; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 19:26:44 GMT Received: from mta19.adelphia.net (mta19.mail.adelphia.net [68.168.78.226]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l95JMVCV006943 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 19:22:32 GMT Received: from booty.electronsweatshop.com ([71.65.216.162]) by mta16.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.04 201-2131-123-105-20051025) with ESMTP id <20071005185731.WXAA6229.mta16.adelphia.net@booty.electronsweatshop.com> for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 14:57:31 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.136] (cpe-071-065-216-162.nc.res.rr.com [71.65.216.162]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by booty.electronsweatshop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6BDC13D9E3 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 14:57:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <47068919.4090900@electronsweatshop.com> Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:57:29 -0400 From: Randy Barlow User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070805) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can RAM render useless the encryption of the / and swap partitions? References: <68b1e2610710032342j1b47ff5g8f868d8fcc0179ef@mail.gmail.com> <200710041547.53084.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> <20071004163457.2bf0ad43.hilse@web.de> <200710041857.51348.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> <68b1e2610710041133q2908483cu7877a6b197460922@mail.gmail.com> <20071005133839.a83efe0e.hilse@web.de> In-Reply-To: <20071005133839.a83efe0e.hilse@web.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f8e063b7-f0b3-41d7-8cf9-07f69122515e X-Archives-Hash: b0bfcf8a2366d86313634f63cbc30a46 Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: > The thing is: You never can guarantee security, that's absolutely > impossible (well, of course you can, but you would automatically be > wrong). Well, you can put your machine in a closet and never turn it on, ever :) Then physical theft is the only possibility, but who's going to miss a machine that's never used? ;) -- Randy Barlow http://electronsweatshop.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list