to paraquote a slashdot commenter, this affects the all firewire controllers independent of what underlying operating system.
On 3/8/08, Omshiva prakash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A security consultant based in New Zealand has released a tool that can > unlock Windows computers in seconds without the need for a password. > > Boileau, a consultant with Immunity Inc., said he did not release the tool > publicly in 2006 because "Microsoft was a little cagey about exactly whether > Firewire memory access was a real security issue or not and we didn't want > to cause any real trouble". > > But now that a couple of years have passed and the issue has not resolved, > Boileau decided to release the tool on his website. > > To use the tool, hackers must connect a Linux-based computer to a Firewire > port on the target machine. The machine is then tricked into allowing the > attacking computer to have read and write access to its memory. > > With full access to the memory, the tool can then modify Windows' password > protection code, which is stored there, and render it ineffective. > > below is the link > > http://storm.net.nz/projects/16 > > > -- > -- > "A well-directed imagination is the source of great deeds" > -- > With Best Regards, > Omshivaprakash.H.L > > WebPage : http://platonic.techfiz.info > Phone: 91- 9902026518 / 9343726518 > -- -- Laxminarayan Kamath Ammembal (+91) 9945036093 _______________________________________________ Fsf-friends mailing list [email protected] http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends
