Re: The importance of IVs

tomstdenis_at_gmail.com
Date: 08/28/05 

Date: 27 Aug 2005 18:26:37 -0700

Regis wrote:
> The best way to prevent any information leakage to a swap file is to
> eliminate the swap file from the O/S altogether. I never trust the
> swap file because you have no idea what's being written to it or when.
> I've done various experiments over the years with swap files on every
> flavour of Windows, and my results have always brought me back to the
> same conclusions -- if you need true security on any given PC, you
> have to eliminate the swap file.
>
> With RAM prices as low as they are today, you can easily bring up your
> workstation to 1 GB and turn off the swap file. I've done precisely
> that on my main Windows machine. Been running swap-free with 1 GB for
> nearly two years now and have been loving every minute of it.

It isn't that easy. Some applications need VM [which disabling swap
removes to a certain extent] to run.

The real problem is Windows. No "security conscience" user would
bother using windows aside from those who think "$VENDOR Anti Virus
makes me more secure!".

Tom

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