1995-09-04 - Re: Emergency File Wipe Algorithim

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From: Christian Wettergren <cwe@Csli.Stanford.EDU>
To: Black Unicorn <unicorn@access.digex.net>
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Message ID: <199509042217.PAA17498@Csli.Stanford.EDU>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-09-04 22:17:31 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 4 Sep 95 15:17:31 PDT

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From: Christian Wettergren <cwe@Csli.Stanford.EDU>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 95 15:17:31 PDT
To: Black Unicorn <unicorn@access.digex.net>
Subject: Re: Emergency File Wipe Algorithim
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Anon writes>
> When a running computer is seized in some sort of law enforcement
> raid, what are the chances someone would think to backup the
> contents of a RAMDISK drive prior to powering it down?

Also note the recent posting on sci.crypt by Peter Gutmann about being
able to recover data from DRAMs and SRAMs after powerdown. It hits
cryptokeys really bad. 

I suppose this is really academic at the current stage, but that might
change.

/Christian

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• 1995-09-04 (Mon, 4 Sep 95 10:25:21 PDT) - Re: Emergency File Wipe AlgorithimRe: Emergency File Wipe Algorithim - anon-remailer@utopia.hacktic.nl (Anonymous)
  • 1995-09-04 (Mon, 4 Sep 95 14:36:54 PDT) - Re: Emergency File Wipe Algorithim - Black Unicorn <unicorn@access.digex.net>
    • 1995-09-04 (Mon, 4 Sep 95 15:17:31 PDT) - Re: Emergency File Wipe Algorithim - Christian Wettergren <cwe@Csli.Stanford.EDU>
      • 1995-09-04 (Mon, 4 Sep 95 16:11:55 PDT) - Re: Emergency File Wipe Algorithim - hallam@w3.org