On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:53:42 +0100 Benny Lofgren wrote: > > I don't really see how hibernate could be done safely without all > > systems having a TPM. Maybe a storage file in /var that only root can > > access, but that's still a compromise. > > I'm sure it's just my too-narrow mind, but I fail to see any particular > security implications that are not also implied by having actual > physical access to the machine. Could you elaborate?
If you switch the main power off before leaving your machine then that isn't true. Also I'm fairly sure it's easier to get access to data on a disk, especially if deleted than all data in memory.
