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Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager

From	rhkramer@gmail.com
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager
Date	2018-04-03 13:50 +0200
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On Tuesday, April 03, 2018 01:50:45 AM Richard Hector wrote:
> On 03/04/18 01:07, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> > the plaintext passwords would
> > disappear from RAM (except to the extent that (iiuc) there are (NSA) ways
> > to recover the contents of RAM if power is restored to the machine
> > fairly quickly).
> 
> I'm not sure you actually need to be the NSA for that. Anything you can
> plug in that can do DMA can probably do it - firewire is one option, but
> for something with PCI(e) or other slots you could probably plug in a
> special card (or maybe just a firewire card). I think the RAM will
> persist for a few minutes at least.

Yes, I'm sure you're right--or at least for some number of seconds--I guess I 
could look up the refresh timing requirement for a modern RAM chip, that would 
probably give an order of magnitude figure, and with safety factors that are 
surely built in, that figure could be multiplied by two or more.

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Password Manager opinions and recommendations rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-25 18:00 +0200
  Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations likcoras <likcoras@riseup.net> - 2018-03-25 18:40 +0200
    Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2018-03-26 00:10 +0200
  Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-03-25 19:50 +0200
    Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-03-25 20:10 +0200
      Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-03-25 20:50 +0200
        Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Ángel <debian-user@debian.16bits.net> - 2018-03-25 23:20 +0200
          Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-03-26 21:40 +0200
            Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2018-03-27 04:50 +0200
  Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-03-26 02:40 +0200
    Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-26 04:00 +0200
      Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-03-26 22:00 +0200
        Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-26 23:40 +0200
          Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-03-27 10:10 +0200
            Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-27 14:50 +0200
              Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-27 15:00 +0200
        Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-27 03:10 +0200
          Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Abdullah Ramazanoglu <ar018@yahoo.com> - 2018-03-27 03:40 +0200
          Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2018-03-27 07:00 +0200
            Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-27 14:40 +0200
          Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-03-27 10:00 +0200
            Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-27 14:50 +0200
          Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-03-27 13:20 +0200
            Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-03-28 04:30 +0200
              Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-03-28 12:40 +0200
          Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Tomaž Šolc <tomaz.solc@tablix.org> - 2018-03-30 14:00 +0200
            Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-03-30 14:50 +0200
              Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-30 16:10 +0200
                Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-03-31 01:00 +0200
            Storing "real" user data: was: Re: Update: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-30 16:00 +0200
              Re: Storing "real" user data: was: Re: Update: Re: Password Manager  opinions and recommendations Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-03-30 16:20 +0200
              Re: Storing "real" user data: was: Re: Update: Re: Password Manager  opinions and recommendations "der.hans" <deb-user@LuftHans.com> - 2018-03-30 20:20 +0200
    Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations "der.hans" <deb-user@LuftHans.com> - 2018-03-30 10:50 +0200
      Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-03-30 15:20 +0200
        Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations "der.hans" <deb-user@LuftHans.com> - 2018-03-30 21:00 +0200
          Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-03-31 03:50 +0200
            Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager (was: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-02 15:10 +0200
              Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager (was: Re:  Password Manager opinions and recommendations) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-04-02 15:20 +0200
                Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager (was: Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-02 20:30 +0200
              Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager (was: Re:  Password Manager opinions and recommendations) Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-04-02 15:30 +0200
              Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager likcoras <likcoras@riseup.net> - 2018-04-02 16:00 +0200
              Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager Ben Finney <bignose@debian.org> - 2018-04-03 01:30 +0200
              Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager (was: Re:  Password Manager opinions and recommendations) "der.hans" <deb-user@LuftHans.com> - 2018-04-03 02:10 +0200
              Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-04-03 08:00 +0200
                Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-04-03 13:50 +0200
                Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-04-03 18:30 +0200
              Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager (was: Re:  Password Manager opinions and recommendations) Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-04-03 11:40 +0200
              Re: Chaniging focus: security ouitside a password manager (was: Re:  Password Manager opinions and recommendations) Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-04-03 21:10 +0200
  Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Abdullah Ramazanoglu <ar018@yahoo.com> - 2018-03-26 03:40 +0200
    Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Abdullah Ramazanoglu <ar018@yahoo.com> - 2018-03-26 04:20 +0200
      Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-03-26 05:10 +0200
  Re: Password Manager opinions and recommendations Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-03-26 04:00 +0200

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