From: Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name>
To: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] avoid keyloggers: enter password with mouse (virtual keyboard)
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:48:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100413154850.GA19142@tansi.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100412175856.GA12353@fancy-poultry.org>
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 07:58:56PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote:
> On 12.04.2010, Arno Wagner wrote:
>
> > However as a keylogger has to be root and root can read
> > the encryption key from memory, it is pretty useless
> > security-wise.
>
> Seems it's an hardware keylogger he meant..
If he has a hardware Keylogger on his system, somebody
did physically manipulate his machine and all bets
are off anyways. There may, e.g., now be a webcam in his
ceiling, recording whatever is on his screen.
Arno
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-13 15:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-12 15:10 [dm-crypt] avoid keyloggers: enter password with mouse (virtual keyboard) Olivier Sessink
2010-04-12 17:15 ` Arno Wagner
2010-04-12 17:58 ` Heinz Diehl
2010-04-13 15:48 ` Arno Wagner [this message]
2010-04-13 19:38 ` Heinz Diehl
2010-04-13 19:55 ` Milan Broz
2010-04-14 13:11 ` Olivier Sessink
2010-04-14 15:30 ` Arno Wagner
2010-04-14 18:42 ` Olivier Sessink
2010-04-14 23:30 ` Arno Wagner
2010-04-14 23:54 ` Sven Eschenberg
2010-04-15 6:24 ` Milan Broz
2010-04-15 10:00 ` Arno Wagner
2010-04-15 7:50 ` test532
2010-04-15 10:04 ` Arno Wagner
2010-04-15 17:44 ` Richard Zidlicky
2010-04-15 18:04 ` [dm-crypt] avoid keyloggers: enter password with mouse(virtual keyboard) Vladimir Giszpenc
2011-10-04 15:02 ` [dm-crypt] avoid keyloggers: enter password with mouse (virtual keyboard) Jan
2011-10-04 18:28 ` [dm-crypt] avoid keyloggers: enter password with mouse?(virtual?keyboard) Arno Wagner
2011-10-04 21:42 ` Jan
2011-10-04 22:48 ` Arno Wagner
2011-10-05 9:37 ` Jan
2011-10-05 12:15 ` Arno Wagner
2011-10-05 18:18 ` Jan
2011-10-04 18:48 ` Heinz Diehl
2011-11-30 14:22 ` Ma Begaj
2011-11-30 14:28 ` Ma Begaj
2011-11-30 14:46 ` Arno Wagner
2011-11-30 15:11 ` Ma Begaj
2010-04-12 21:43 ` [dm-crypt] avoid keyloggers: enter password with mouse (virtual keyboard) Olivier Sessink
2010-04-12 17:51 ` Richard Zidlicky
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