Cold Boot Memory Acquisition: An Investigation Into Memory Freezing and Data Retention Claims
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
School of Computer and Information Science / Centre for Security Research
RAS ID
5880
Abstract
A number of claims have been made regarding cold boot memory acquisition techniques. There are numerous potential applications for these techniques should they be shown to be reliable and suitable for use in the field. An investigation into these techniques has been conducted. The results of conducted experiments do not show that cold boot memory acquisition is viable for use in the field in its current state, however future research may change this. In addition to this there are a number of possible countermeasures that should be considered and carefully evaluated before live memory acquisition methods are employed.
Comments
Hannay, P., & Woodward, A. (2008). Cold Boot Memory Acquisition: An Investigation Into Memory Freezing and Data Retention Claims. In Security and Management (pp. 620-622).