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Re:What's a CPU to do when it has nothing to do? by bluGill on Thursday October 11, 2018 @08:58AM (#18193102)
I expect openBSD to continue to do this anyway though because there is the possibility that someone can reboot the system to a new OS (presumably designed just for this purpose) and read whatever was in RAM. Of course programs that deal with encryption zero memory before returning it (It is hard to make sure the compiler doesn't optimize this otherwise useless work out), but most other programs that deal with secrets are not so well written and will live sensitive information around.
Re:What's a CPU to do when it has nothing to do? by sigstoat on Thursday October 11, 2018 @11:52AM (#18194524)
> the possibility that someone can reboot the system to a new OS and read whatever was in RAM

or physically pull the RAM out, keeping it cold with LN2, and stick it into devices designed for reading it all out.

Re:What's a CPU to do when it has nothing to do? by hultner on Thursday October 11, 2018 @04:52PM (#18196944)
Canned air upside down works reasonably well and is easier to handle