Re: hardware disk encryption?

From: atom smasher (ngbz_at_fhfcvpvbhf.bet)
Date: 10/16/04 

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 15:26:26 -0400

Juergen Nieveler wrote:

> Physical keyloggers like Keyghost would catch a passphrase at boot-time.

like i said: one would have to compromise a point between the users fingers
and keyboard at one end and the BIOS on the other end.

there's still the concern of: hardware key loggers, spy cameras, TEMPEST and
a small radio transmitter built into the keyboard, just to think of a few
threats. how many people bring their own keyboard to the server farm before
logging in as root?

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