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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:21:37
Message-Id: CAGfcS_mgWnvKat5ysmZsgv4HPEy4wHrJkyQoR8wAjiC47s+rDw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: RE: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question. by Laurence Perkins
1 On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 8:03 PM Laurence Perkins <lperkins@×××××××.net> wrote:
2 >
3 > The TPM in most computers doesn't dump the keys if someone tries to open the case to install hardware sniffers.
4 >
5
6 That's a good point, though if somebody with the ability to sniff the
7 RAM or (to a lesser degree) GPU traffic is after you, then you
8 probably want to be on the lookout for rubber hose decryption.
9
10 If you're a big spender the AMD Secure Memory Encryption feature would
11 probably help there, assuming they ever get it working on Linux.
12
13 --
14 Rich

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