Comment on Mullvad's public encrypted DNS Servers run in RAM now
nevemsenki@lemmy.world 10 months agoIf they get hacked, your data is still there until a reboot, though. This is more useful against state authorities taking servers than hackers.
Comment on Mullvad's public encrypted DNS Servers run in RAM now
nevemsenki@lemmy.world 10 months agoIf they get hacked, your data is still there until a reboot, though. This is more useful against state authorities taking servers than hackers.
bamboo@lemm.ee 10 months ago
That’s not how ram works, at least not generally. Unless frozen to an extremely cold temperature, ram loses its value very quickly and needs constant power to retain data. If a server were to lose power at normal operating temperatures, there would be nothing significant left to recover within a few seconds.
Traister101@lemmy.today 10 months ago
They mean somebody gains access to the server/s thereby they could look at the ram while it’s still actively running.
nevemsenki@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah, as long as the OS is running, it doesn’t matter if its from a ramdisk or SSD/HDD.
barsoap@lemm.ee 10 months ago
It’s nothing that can’t be overcome with forensic equipment, though. With the right set of tools you can even take the sticks out of the server while it’s still running and retain the data, that’s why RAM encryption is a thing. For the really paranoid, homomorphic encryption.
registrert@lemmy.sambands.net 10 months ago
I encrypt my thoughts in case I talk in my sleep.
Slinky5737@infosec.pub 10 months ago
Man’s out here snoring in hash values.