On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Pete Stephenson <p...@heypete.com> wrote:
> On 11/18/2013 6:21 PM, adrelanos wrote: > > Hi, > > > > An article about air gapped OpenPGP keys has been written by me: > > https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Air_Gapped_OpenPGP_Key > > > > Please leave feedback or hit the edit button. Maybe it's useful for > > someone. It's under public domain. > > > > Cheers, > > adrelanos > > <snip> > > 4. Are there any known issues with your "air gapped" system being the > same physical hardware as your everyday system even if you use a LiveCD? > I don't know if there'd be the potential for hardware compromises. > Depending on one's security needs, it might be useful to get a separate, > isolated, never-connected-to-the-internet computer specifically for > high-security needs. (See > <https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/air_gaps.html> for some > pointers.) > > If you haven't seen it already, check out the story on "BadBIOS" -- Dragos Ruiu, one of the organizers of CANSEC West has alledgedly uncovered a complex hardware rootkit. (One story here: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/11/badbios.html) I haven't decided yet if I believe all of it, but it's still a scary thought. > > Cheers! > -Pete > > Cheers! > -Pete > > _______________________________________________ > Gnupg-users mailing list > Gnupg-users@gnupg.org > http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users > -- David Tomaschik OpenPGP: 0x5DEA789B http://systemoverlord.com da...@systemoverlord.com
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