-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Alexander W. Janssen escribió: > Werner Koch wrote: >> Further, >> entering the passphrase is subject to side channel atatcks like should >> surfing or recording the sound of the keyboard. > > Don't tell me there are actually real attacks by recording the sound of > the keyboard...?! What does that mean, every key clicks differently?
Supposedly, anything can be used to increase the success chances of an attack, including the sounds in the keyboard (it can give the number of digits of the passphrase), variations in CPU temp, etc... But probably we won't have James Bond chasing our passphrases... Best Regards -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJInGoUAAoJEMV4f6PvczxAVE8H/RasOaRNIZiKitumeaaoQwmh AM+g61DRM3QbwYpz/GPr88iETIvMYKjhNsFYbV8zGyDVnQvxUUXzPZ9D5EtPv5Ee p/CBxwoWuWivUQ808ot7JGZtRhysO2Sjt7iTfF07mguTlFSvnrMuAP3A+3lKGGYK GME37fKIZudI7VxqW8GeFR1DERHaRbtU6D9X353ml8Be/gMNwS5GpNNaXbIXnRzJ L9ehxShNlAK/g8hg7fncbwsD2bXUu6EfeFp9W26uy4FLt4XLSP4gWVjwks+A1dsx MHSBLhizLKetSfDYwVA0owLYgWhv23gs21+SZl3w9nzNuGYvJ2SDfj9Pq6wzNOY= =XbDy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
