Locating private keys in RAM?

The link to the paper is broken but this one works:
http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~astubble/600.412/
s-c-papers/keys2.pdf#search=%22k
eyhide2.pdf%22


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Thomas
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 1:21 AM
To: Douglas F. Calvert
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Subject: Re: Locating private keys in RAM?

Am Dienstag 05 September 2006 03:14 schrieb Douglas F.
Calvert:
> 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...

This one?
http://www.ncipher.com/products/files/papers/a
nguilla/keyhide2.pdf

and code for it: http
://www.thc.segfault.net/releases/keyfinder.c

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