[18801] in bugtraq
Re: win32/memory locking
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Werner Koch)
Thu Jan 25 02:47:35 2001
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 20:07:44 +0100
Reply-To: Werner Koch <wk@GNUPG.ORG>
From: Werner Koch <wk@GNUPG.ORG>
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jw@QITS.NET.AU on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 02:07:19PM +1000
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, John Wiltshire wrote:
> Note that the PGP implementation uses a device driver (PGPmemlock.sys)
> to lock pages into memory and prevent them from being swapped out. I am
> unsure as to the motives of the GPG team if they have not implemented a
> similar feature, but smells like FUD to me.
Mainly a lack of time hinders the implementation of such a driver.
And frankly, I don't think it does make much sense to do so because
you can attack 99.9% of all Windows boxes by other and simpler means.
If a customer of mine would demand such a thing, I am going to write
it of course.
Werner
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