At 01:39 PM 3/16/02 -0800, Matt Schalit wrote: [...] >> I forgot all about this gentleman's suggestion. Thanks for reminding me. >> His idea was the only other possibility given to us for enable/disable >> of the WP function on the ADM. > > >That sounds like software WP. Am I missing something?
Yes. Not surprisingly, given how sketchy my description was. It's more like remote APM control ... you use (for example) an ssh connection to "throw" the (physical) WP switch. Exactly how to do this was vague. He suggested finding an unused line on a UART. Typical routers don't use their parallel ports for much, so I suppose you could toggle a bit on the parport (I remember suggesting to Mike that Charles would be able to consider the feasibility of this idea, based on his work with parallel-port LCDs). And I2C might be able to do this too ... I don't really know about that one. That said, it still *sounds* like software WP, even though there is a hardware element involved. If the remote connection is compromised, then so is security. He suggested you could find or create a protocol with acceptably low risk of compromise ... but if this were true as a general matter, we wouldn't be worrying about system penetrations, right? -- ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"--- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
