[Eug-lug] Re: truecrypt 5.0 due out in a few days

[Bob Miller]

Allen Brown wrote:

> Some folks are saying this will be nearly impossible to fix.  I don't
> think so.  We may already have the tools.  Of course, it will require
> existing security programs to be modified.  Painful, but far from
> impossible.
> 
> Can you register a function to be called when the power supply voltage
> is dropping?  If so, you can wipe any sensitive variables in your
> program.

Back in the dark ages when I worked on system software, CPUs had power
fail interrupts.  I don't know whether they still do.

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Bob Miller                              K<bob>
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