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Re:Show HN: Simple demo of a cold boot attack using a Raspbe... by alana314 on Saturday February 03, 2024 @01:09PM (#39243037)
I'd never even heard of cold boot attacks. Is there any prevention of this?
Re:Show HN: Simple demo of a cold boot attack using a Raspbe... by bri3d on Saturday February 03, 2024 @01:37PM (#39243315)
* Hardware memory encryption / bus encryption. If implemented correctly, keys never touch RAM and will be discarded instantly across any power disruption.

* Control physical access: don’t allow an attacker access to the DRAM chips.

* Control logical access: use trusted boot systems which don’t allow an attacker to dump arbitrary memory, combined with physical access control so they can’t directly address memory externally.

Re:Show HN: Simple demo of a cold boot attack using a Raspbe... by anfractuosity on Saturday February 03, 2024 @01:11PM (#39243050)
I believe both recent Intel and AMD processors enable you to encrypt memory, such as Intel Total Memory Encryption.
Re:Show HN: Simple demo of a cold boot attack using a Raspbe... by dist-epoch on Saturday February 03, 2024 @01:19PM (#39243131)
That is correct, AMD Zen4 (Ryzen 7000) supports transparent full memory encryption. It also supports more granular memory encryption, for example to prevent the host accessing VM guest memory.
Re:Show HN: Simple demo of a cold boot attack using a Raspbe... by Wool2662 on Saturday February 03, 2024 @01:15PM (#39243087)
Yes, control physical access to the hardware. You can also achieve some mitigation by using encrypted ram.
Re:Show HN: Simple demo of a cold boot attack using a Raspbe... by sneak on Saturday February 03, 2024 @06:21PM (#39245799)
Keeping secrets out of main memory, either with registers, encrypted memory, or use of a secure enclave (which in turn uses encrypted memory) for sensitive operations.