Subject: Re: FUD about CGD and GBDE
To: Charles M. Hannum <abuse@spamalicious.com>
From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
List: tech-security
Date: 03/06/2005 12:24:14
In message <200503052106.05001.abuse@spamalicious.com>, "Charles M. Hannum" wri
tes:
>While you might claim that the dedication to study the user's behavior and
>mount such an attack is fanciful, I claim that it is not. Under observation,
>GBDE's additional techniques do not stand up to the claim of being "spook
>strength".
GBDE only makes that claim for a "cold disk" for pretty much the very
reasons you mention.
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