GreenXenon <glucegen1x@gmail.com> wrote in news:9ad8e4b7-e6e3-4913-96b1-
c6a866d933f5@x16g2000prn.googlegroups.com:

> Hi:
>
> I am looking for a laptop that is NVRAM-free, cache-free, and with all
> OS-partitions being in the form of mask-programmed ROM. I also need
> for the MAC address, IP address, and any other unique IDs of my laptop
> to be in the form of completely-volatile RAM, so that they will be
> lost each time I turn my laptop off -- and make new IDs, IPs, and
> MACs, when I turn it on again.
>
> Normally MAC addresses and other unique IDs are stored in mask-
> programmed ROM, which cannot at all change. In my laptop they should
> be in V-RAM.
>
> I don't plan to save anything on the laptop, which is why I don't need
> NVRAM or caches. NVRAM and caches will store unwanted confidential
> material no matter how much you try to erase. For example, the only
> way to remove haunting info from HDDs is to heat the platters beyond
> Curie point.


Look, fellow, you were here a while back with your thread "Forensics: Can
volatile RAM still contain evidence?". You didn't have the wit to
understand what was told you then. Now you come back with this farrago of
misunderstanding and confusion. Do your bloody homework before coming
here with such nonsense.

I would normally just abuse you and then dismiss you. But you have caught
me in a weak moment where I'm feeling full of good will towards men. So
listen well - you will not find me in such a charitable mood soon again.

RAM on modern computers *IS* completely volatile. Even the idiotic
Princeton study admitted that all data *completely decayed* from RAM
memory in 9.5 to 35 seconds for reasonably modern memory. It's a non-
problem!

As for MAC addresses, they are generally hardwired into the hardware, but
the MAC address can easily be software programmed to spoof any desired
MAC address when connected to a network. In short, MAC is not a problem.

As for IP addresses, they are assigned by the DHCP server, either a
member of your local network, or your ISP's. They are a software, NOT a
hardware, feature.

As for hard drives, you need only use any whole-disk OTFE program (some
of which are free) and you are immune from worry about data stored on the
HD.

If, despite all the above, you are still obsessed with such matters as
having the OS in ROM and have no need for premanent data, remove the HD
and use one of the Linux distros from a CD.

In short, stop looking for idiotic "solutions" involving non-standard
unavailable computers when you haven't done even the basic homework to
understand the problem or the available technologies.

Regards,