In local.freebsd.hackers you write: >Quoted from 00README in >http://people.freebsd.org/~simokawa/firewire-20020412.tar.gz
> As you know, IEEE1394 is a bus and OHCI supports physical access > to the host memory. This means that you can access the remote > host over firewire without software support at the remote host. > In other words, you can investigate remote host's physical memory > whether its OS is alive or crashed or hangs up. Umm... excuse a stupid question, but does this mean that a firewire port always gives unconditional access to the host's memory? Great for kernel debugging. Maybe not so great for a running system, from a security point a view (ok, physical access eventually equals full access, but plugging in a firewire cable is a heck of a lot faster than using a screwdriver...) ? /Mikko -- Mikko Ty�l�j�[EMAIL PROTECTED] RSA Security To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
