On 02/05/2016 08:48 PM, Joel Roth wrote: > Didier Kryn wrote: >> >> The ability to brick the motherboard is brand new. Therefore admins >> should be seriously protected and warned against this eventuality, at least >> until it percolates into the general culture. > > IIUC, this means malware will now be able to not only > erase, but to render its targets unbootable. > Also creating a new hardware recovery business. > It seems somewhat bleak. Am I overreacting? > >
Go with the flow, dude. It's worth the risk of malware for the benefit of having your vendor push firmware updates whenever they want. (Did I get that right?) Actually, I think you're underreacting. I would edit your statement to say, "...render its targets unbootable or worse." Malware authors and others who might have bad intentions for your hardware generally want it to keep working. fsr _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
