Re: OTF Encryption? Basic PPC2003 se security questions? (newbie)

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From: Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev] (BevNoSpamBevHoward.com)
Date: 12/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 13:07:58 -0600

in general... there are no current ppc exploit threats... the ppc is a
client only, which deals with most exploit methods... there have been
some "proof of concept" exploits, but no known current threats to
default installs.

os is in rom, but called from ram space... complicated, but "half true"
since rom files can be displaced by replacement files.

added programs can be loaded into ram or memory cards, and are loaded
into "program memory" (start/settings/system/memory)

There are some third party encryption packages.

However, the device "password" is very secure with respect to anything
in ram (not on memory cards or "safe storage") It increases intervals
between attempts and the only way to recover from a lost password is to
hard reset the device which erases all ram content.

"power down" does not erase ram... it simply puts the device into
"suspend" mode. however, afaik, there is no way to extract ram data
such as using a hex editor.

Happy Holidays,
Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

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