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This is important research, let me tell you why. It validates the previously well understood model of computer security which states, in essence, if you have physical access to a piece of hardware, no security method is 100% secure. So all of those people who feel that they are safe with disk encryption think again. It also validates another model, if you have something someone wants, but it data, DRM secured information etc.. in the long run there is little you are going to be able to do to stop it. What I am curious is this.
Can the contents of RAM be encrypted like swap file information can? This would at least give someone another hurdle to jump, right? I would imagine this would take some on the fly, very fast encryption method. Ideas?
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