Re: [school-discuss] Encryption Issue

[cdmiller <cdmiller@xxxxxxxxx>]

Joel Kahn wrote:
> People with computer security responsibilities
> should take a look at this:
> 
> http://citp.princeton.edu/memory/
> 
> I'm not qualified to judge what the broader
> implications of this might be--any thoughts?
> 

It means if you are using laptop drive encryption you are at risk of
having it circumvented if it is stolen while in suspend or sleep mode.
If the machine has been fully powered off for over 10 minutes or so, and
then the laptop is stolen, your encrypted data might be safe.

- cameron