On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 09:36:28PM +0000, Lilliput wrote: > Then my second question was about the USB stack integrity (no specific > to a linux platform) Do you think that devices could create an overflow > in order to take control/install a software in the computer ?
Yes, this could easily happen. > (what hapen when the devices are not respecting the protocol ? ) Bad things can happen to your machine :) But as you already have physical access to the machine, it's quite easy to comprimise it in other ways, so "hostile" USB devices aren't really a pressing issue. Good luck, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
