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Breaking RSA Keys by Listening to Your Computer

Posted by Hemos on from the sssh-i'm-hunting-for-wabbits dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Adi Shamir and crew gave a talk on preliminary results in extracting a private RSA key just by listening to the computer!. Similar to power analysis and LED leakage, this is a non-invasive, side channel attack that may have applications to tamper-resistant systems. It appears to be related to noisy capacitors on the motherboard, an effect which has been observed when CPU power saving is enabled on laptops."

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  1. That's it... screw the enviroment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No power saving for me! My encrypted porn is far too important.

  2. Lucky for me... by relyter · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've got so many fans running in my computer that you can't even hold a conversation in the same room, much less listen for capacitors

  3. found a way to stop it by DrLZRDMN · · Score: 3, Funny

    the wont be able to hear it if you've got one of these

  4. Aha! by dupper · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I have an excuse to play loud music at work: security!

  5. I've tried this... by bhmit1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...but all I heard was "Dave, what are you doing Dave?"
    Hmm, maybe I should put away the screwdriver.

  6. I listen to my computer... by JanusFury · · Score: 3, Funny

    It tells me to troll Slashdot, and buy Kenny G albums.

    I'm starting to think it doesn't have my best interests at heart...

    --
    using namespace slashdot;
    troll::post();
  7. Re:If you have phsysical access by n0rr1s · · Score: 4, Funny

    use money/women/men/donkeys

    Btw, if you meet a woman with a donkey, don't forget that great opening line:
    "Hey babe, nice ass!"

    Sorry.