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Submission + - Cold Boot Attack Solved for Linux (illinois.edu)

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linuxrocks123

on Tuesday May 03, 2011 @02:34PM

linuxrocks123 writes: "An open-source solution to the cold boot attack has been published online, complete with working code for Linux. This is the first solution to the cold boot attack available for any operating system. Instructions for use have also been posted."

Submission + - An OSS Solution to the Cold Boot Attack (illinois.edu)

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linuxrocks123

on Monday April 25, 2011 @01:40PM

linuxrocks123 writes: "I am a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and I've solved the cold boot attack, discussed on Slashdot back when the original paper on it was published. There have been some other attempts at solving this, but as far as I can tell, mine is the only one currently available with actual working code, OSS or otherwise. It comes with a small performance price (read the paper), but I've been using this on my machines for months and I really haven't noticed a significant slowdown in system performance. Get the code and paper from the university. Instructions for using the code on my blog."

Submission + - An OSS Solution to the Cold Boot Attack (illinois.edu)

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linuxrocks123

on Sunday April 24, 2011 @12:30AM

linuxrocks123 writes: "I am a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I wanted to keep this secret until I published this paper (it's just a tech report right now), but it got rejected once and I want people to be able to use this as soon as possible.

I've solved the cold boot attack, discussed here back when the original paper on it was published. There have been some other attempts at solving this, but as far as I can tell, mine is the only one currently available with actual working code, OSS or otherwise. It comes with a small performance price (read the paper), but I've been using this on my machines for months and I really haven't noticed a significant slowdown in system performance. Get the code and paper here. Instructions for using the code here."

Submission + - GPF Comics Seized by Copyright Gestapo (gpf-comics.com) 2

Submitted by linuxrocks123 on Thursday March 31, 2011 @11:51PM

linuxrocks123 writes: In a move that would make GPF Comics villain Trudy Truehart proud, US Immigation and Customs Enforcement has apparently seized my favorite webcomic's domain name. A visit to http://gpf-comics.com/ currently shows that stupid "Domain Seized" template with the eagle in the middle looking like it's about to bite your face off. It's all speculation at this point as to why this was done: maybe it's a mistake, or maybe newspaper comic book artists just don't like competition. I assume we'll have more details — and a rehosted domain for GPF Comics — as this story develops.

Submission + - Oracle Sues Google (arstechnica.com) 2

Submitted by linuxrocks123 on Friday August 13, 2010 @12:45AM

linuxrocks123 writes: In another example of the detrimental effects of software patents on the industry and in a stark change from Sun's management of Java, Oracle has filed a software patent suit against Google over its use of the Dalvik virtual machine in Android. Dalvik is a JVM designed for use on memory-constrained devices.

Submission + - Dell Joins Microsoft/Novell Pact

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linuxrocks123

on Monday May 07, 2007 @06:30AM

linuxrocks123 writes: "It looks like Dell is joining Microsoft and Novell in their Linux patent pact. Dell is selling SuSE on servers, backed by Microsoft's Linux patent certificates. No response from Red Hat yet, but Dell claims to still be selling Red Hat servers despite the deal."

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