From: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com>
To: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] keys in memory?
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:31:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D2F6F15.6000209@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <375AD447-08EA-41C6-8366-C62CAE8CE5DF@nytimes.com>
On 01/13/2011 10:03 PM, Kachler, Arie wrote:
> When a system has been configured and it's using encrypted LUKS
> partition(s), are they keys visible in memory?
for active devices yes. if you run encryption on the main CPU
(and not in some special hw), the key must be visible in memory.
> The question is relevant when deploying these types of partitions to
> a cloud provider, where the provider's hypervisor has access to all
> vms' memory.
if you have access to hypervisor, you have access to the full memory,
you have access to everything.
Milan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-13 21:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-13 21:03 [dm-crypt] keys in memory? Kachler, Arie
2011-01-13 21:31 ` Milan Broz [this message]
2011-01-13 23:56 ` Arno Wagner
2011-01-14 8:53 ` Milan Broz
2011-01-14 15:25 ` Kachler, Arie
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