A proposed API for full-memory encryption

Posted Jan 22, 2019 16:56 UTC (Tue) by Paf (subscriber, #91811)
In reply to: A proposed API for full-memory encryption by jcm
Parent article: A proposed API for full-memory encryption

I'm also not sure I see the point of encrypting cross-socket communications. What is that supposed to protect against?

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Posted Jan 23, 2019 6:34 UTC (Wed) by zdzichu (subscriber, #17118) [Link] (2 responses)

15 years ago, Microsoft Xbox console was hacked by sniffing traffic on memory bus.

Posted Jan 23, 2019 13:55 UTC (Wed) by Paf (subscriber, #91811) [Link] (1 responses)

So, physical intrusion. Ok! I was concerned as I can’t think of any software level stuff for this, and this makes more sense.

Posted Jan 26, 2019 19:35 UTC (Sat) by biergaizi (guest, #92498) [Link]

This should eventually fix the cold-boot attack.