Possibly, but for those really interested in preventing leaks, using ram is no help either.
A fair number of attacks using liquid nitrogen or other cryogenics have been done recently. -Sindhudweep. On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Lucian Adrian Grijincu < lucian.griji...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Ansgar Burchardt <ans...@43-1.org> wrote: > >> Ubuntu. For this reason, I usually put my /tmp in a tmpfs in memory > >> (on systems where I have a few GB of memory). > > [...] > > This is not always true. Contents of a tmpfs can be swapped to disk[1] > > and you might thus leak information when you rely on the fact that > > contents of a tmpfs will never be written to permanent storage. > > > Well if you've got several GB of memory you can dispense of swap > altogether, can't you? > > > -- > . > ..: Lucian > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss >
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