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Re: FBI-virus software cracks encryption wall
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eugene Leitl)
Thu Nov 29 21:54:33 2001
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:11:19 +0100 (MET)
From: Eugene Leitl <Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de>
To: Gilles Gravier <Gilles.Gravier@Sun.com>
Cc: Jei <jei@alpha.hut.fi>,
UKCrypto <ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk>,
<cryptography@wasabisystems.com>, <politech@politechbot.com>,
<eurorights@eurorights.org>,
Law & Policy of Computer Communications <CYBERIA-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM>
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On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Gilles Gravier wrote:
> Jetico ( http://www.jetico.com/ ) has a hard disk encryption software
> called BestCrypt, which can actually intercept the keystrokes at BIOS
> level, get the correct keys and re-maps them to random for upper
Linux doesn't have a BIOS level so this approach wouldn't work. In fact
Linux can be used instead of a BIOS (LinuxBIOS), in case you don't trust
the BIOS (some viruses can write themselves into BIOS flash).
> layers... like keystroke loggers.
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