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Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:11:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifrie@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Malicious devices & vulnerabilties
Firewire has DMA.
http://cansecwest.com/core05/2005-firewire-cansecwest.swf
eSATA - also does DMA.
Thunderbolt also does DMA.
In other words a lot of the newer/higher end interfaces all do DMA which is ... a problem.
-Kurt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Xi Wang" <xi.wang@...il.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2012 1:13:37 PM
Subject: Re: [oss-security] 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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