1998-09-22 - Re: Stego-empty hard drives… (fwd)

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From: Petro <petro@playboy.com>
To: Jim Choate <cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
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UTC Datetime: 1998-09-22 03:13:26 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 11:13:26 +0800

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From: Petro <petro@playboy.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 11:13:26 +0800
To: Jim Choate <cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Subject: Re: Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd)
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At 10:48 AM -0500 9/22/98, Jim Choate wrote:
>Forwarded message:
>
>> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:32:49 -0500
>> From: Petro <petro@playboy.com>
>> Subject: Re: Stego-empty hard drives... (fwd)
>
>> 	Why prompt, you installed it, just have the startup stop at a
>> certain point, just simply pause. You hit a couple keys (4-8) and go on.
>> Given this case you don't really need the security of a long passphrase
>> since if they are looking to get in, you've lost already.
>
>You'll probably not want it to stop, simpy wait a few seconds. Also, if
>the passphrase is incorrect you'll not want to issue any error messages.
>
>Stopping the boot may be a good indication of a problem.

	I don't know how hard this would be, but how about running a
seperate memory check, and while those numbers are flashing on the screen,
do the wait for imput?

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