Hagai Bar-El wrote on 18 March 2008 10:17:
All they
need to do is make sure (through a user-controlled but default-on
feature) that when the workstation is locked, new Firewire or PCMCIA
devices cannot be introduced. That hard?
Yes it is, without redesigning the PCI bus. A bus-mastering
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 02:25:36PM -0400, Leichter, Jerry wrote:
[This has been thrashed out on other lists.]
Just how would that help? As I understand it, Firewire and PCMCIA
provide a way for a device to access memory directly. The OS doesn't
have to do anything - in fact, it *can't* do
Hello,
As if the latest research (which showed that RAM contents can be
recovered after power-down) was not enough, it seems as Firewire ports
can form yet an easier attack vector into FDE-locked laptops.
Windows hacked in seconds via Firewire
| As if the latest research (which showed that RAM contents can be
| recovered after power-down) was not enough, it seems as Firewire ports
| can form yet an easier attack vector into FDE-locked laptops.
|
| Windows hacked in seconds via Firewire
|
