Re:What the CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works
by andai on Saturday March 11, 2017 @07:32AM
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Yes, I also considered using text input, and then something like converting encrypted bytes into english words for ease of input.
But I've noticed that not all my friends are very good at typing, so an automated solution is more user friendly... and a security solution that actually gets used is more secure than one that doesn't :)
Re:What the CIA WikiLeaks Dump Tells Us: Encryption Works
by JshWright on Saturday March 11, 2017 @08:37AM
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There are plenty of (proximity dependent) attacks that could leverage the monitor or keyboard you're using to passively collect information from the system.
The only completely secure airgapped system is the one that's never powered on ;) (and kept physically safe).
But yes, in practice it is often useful to move data to and from. In a "perfect" airgap this would probably be you typing and reading the screen. However this isn't the most convient but the more things automatically accessing it the less security you will have.
If you are going to connect it I won't bother maknig your own system and just use something standard (like ethernet) but now you have a firewalled system then an airgapped one.