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hemancuso
on July 21, 2014
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Stealing unencrypted SSH-agent keys from memory
No. If you have the ability to run code as root it's game over. Even if the agent re-encrypted the key in memory with its own temporary key it's just a layer of obfuscation that can easily be overcome.
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