Re:Microsoft helped the NSA bypass encryption, new Snowden l...
by gecko on Friday July 12, 2013 @10:31AM
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This may have changed, but turning on FileVault used to disable DMA in many situations (laptop had been suspended being a key one) until the user logged back in. Not that this isn't a vector, but it's actually a very narrow one; you basically need the person to already be logged in at the time you want to steal the keys.
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Re:Microsoft helped the NSA bypass encryption, new Snowden l...
by Osmium on Friday July 12, 2013 @10:39AM
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Hmm, I didn't know that. It seems you may be right:
http://www.frameloss.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Lion-Mem...
Though apparently there was a company offering a commercial solution for getting FileVault passwords using this method so...
http://privacycast.com/filevault-vulnerability-how-to-protec...
There's also a really interesting pdf from Apple containing more details on FileVault 2:
http://training.apple.com/pdf/WP_FileVault2.pdf
which suggests turning on firmware passwords to prevent DMA.