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Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 15:13:37 -0500
From: Xi Wang <xi.wang@...il.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Malicious devices & vulnerabilties

On Jan 8, 2012, at 6:19 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> I think they should be considered vulnerable.  Some applications need
> some robustness to attacks even from the local console (e.g., student
> computer rooms).

Thanks for bringing that up.  Student computer rooms are a
nice example, and a good old memory. ;-)

> USB is also a popular transport in many air-gapped environments.

What else might be on this "untrusted" device list?  Firewire?
I guess those in the PC box don't count.

- xi

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