Re: Announce loop-AES-v2.2a file/swap crypto package

[Philipp Marek <philipp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > What is key scrubbing?
>
> http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/loop-AES.README states:
>
> Loop encryption key scrubbing moves and inverts key bits in
> kernel RAM so that the thin oxide which forms the storage capacitor
> dielectric of DRAM cells is not permitted to develop detectable property.
> For more info, see Peter Gutmann's paper:
> http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/secure_del.html
>
> i found an article which could perhaps explain why something like this
> would be needed at all:
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/openssl-users@xxxxxxxxxxx/msg32045.html
You can also have a look at
   http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/secure_del.html
   "7. Methods of Recovery for Data stored in Random-Access Memory"
   "8. Erasure of Data stored in Random-Access Memory"


Regards,

Phil

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