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Re:AES Finder – the utility to find AES keys in running proc... by jleahy on Sunday September 06, 2020 @07:25PM (#24395482)
The fundamental mitigation is full memory encryption using a randomly generated key that changes each time the CPU boots. That exists for some CPUs.
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Re:AES Finder – the utility to find AES keys in running proc... by ATsch on Sunday September 06, 2020 @09:32PM (#24395987)
Well, that's not part of the ddr3 or ddr4 spec :)
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Re:AES Finder – the utility to find AES keys in running proc... by Spivak on Sunday September 06, 2020 @10:27PM (#24396176)
Where do you store the key?
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Re:AES Finder – the utility to find AES keys in running proc... by danielheath on Sunday September 06, 2020 @11:21PM (#24396357)
CPU registers - much harder to pull off and reattach elsewhere.
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