On 10/4/07, Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Considering that swap is encrypted, is it realistic for this "lost" > > RAM data to be recovered? Again, take the case of a well funded > > organization. > > that depends on the encryption. Some algorithms are easy to break. Some are > not, some will be broken as soon as we get quantum-computers ;)
I'm basing myself mainly on: http://gentoo-wiki.com/SECURITY_System_Encryption_DM-Crypt_with_LUKS#Encrypting_swap_for_installation and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES_process#Rounds_one_and_two for the cipher's choice, and for the method used on: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/disk-cryptography.xml I have settled down to the following: -c blowfish -h sha256 for swap and -c serpent -h sha256 for the sensitive data partitions (/home, etc.). in combination with a "strong" password. How encrypted does this sound? For today, at least.. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
