Todd Troxell wrote: > I discovered rather inadvertently that laptops do not enjoy having > their USB VCC shorted to GND one bit. It is a sure DoS, in fact if > the machine has a stupid power supply, it could result in permanent > damage. It is kind of scary for kiosk machines like the those > ubiquitous Kodak photo centers. > > I give you, the usb pwner. It could even hide inside a legitimate > stick: > > USB Pwner schematic > > VCC ------------ > D+ ---(nc) | > D ---(nc) | > GND ------------
See also ... http://www.hackerslab.org/images/geek/2005/may/etherkiller.jpg cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
