Locating private keys in RAM?

je at sekure.net je at sekure.net
Thu Sep 7 14:29:05 EDT 2006


Check
http://www.matasano.com/log/178/recover-a-private-key-from-process-memory/

or if you want to find the algorithms

http://www.hexblog.com/2006/01/findcrypt.html

On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Douglas F. Calvert wrote:

> Hello,
> I remember seeing a paper about identifying private keys in RAM. I
> thought it was by Rivest but I can not locate it for the life of me.
> Does anyone remember reading something like this? The basic operation
> was to identify areas in RAM that had certain characteristics such as
> random bits and identifiable key headers...
> Any help would be greatly appreciated...
>
>
> -- 
> --dfc
> douglasfcalvert at gmail.com
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