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Re: "Secure Blue" from IBM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Victor Duchovni)
Thu Apr 13 14:23:02 2006
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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:35:44 -0400
From: Victor Duchovni <Victor.Duchovni@MorganStanley.com>
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On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 11:06:38AM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> With Secure Blue, data is encrypted and decrypted as it runs through a
> processor, according to IBM. It is maintained encrypted in the device
> memory, or RAM. One of the few times data would not be scrambled is
> when it is actually displayed.
>
> http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-6059276.html
"Easy enough" for ephemeral data (RAM, network, ...), but what do they
propose for stored data? Is this an architecture for general-purpose
computers, or for special-purpose media devices? Is more detail available?
As soon as data is stored, new key management issues come to the surface.
I for one would not want to lose my hard-drive if the CPU is fried...
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