Re: [Tails-dev] BIOS attack

2018-02-02 Thread james.john.jones
Thanks Tobias, It is always good to know that contact has been made. What a shame that it is not likely to be one of those scenarios that you outline :( I do accept that it could be a bizarre coincidence, but. "While the scenario outlined below is very 'Grand Jeu' I will not be at all

Re: [Tails-dev] BIOS attack

2018-02-02 Thread Tobias Frei
Hey, Disclaimer: I am a regular user, not a security expert. I am not a developer in this project, I'm subscribed to the list because I ran a Tails mirror for some years. Three things that came to my naive mind when reading: - Cui bono? - Hanlon's Razor - Number of users vs. Coincidence Is

[Tails-dev] BIOS attack

2018-02-02 Thread james.john.jones
Excuse me - I have joined this group to discuss what may have been a 'high end' BIOS attack. I am presuming that this group contains the most knowledgeable people. I need that. While the scenario outlined below is very 'Grand Jeu' I will not be at all surprised to learn that you believe this to

Re: [Tails-dev] Searching documents in an airgap Tails

2018-02-02 Thread ghostlands
Screenshots, Catfish and Pfilesearch. I've actually wanted one of these in Tails for a long time. gl On 2018-02-03 07:25, ghostla...@autistici.org wrote: Is there a reason Catfish isn't being considered for this? It's in Debian and works exceptionally well, with a clean and intuitive

Re: [Tails-dev] Searching documents in an airgap Tails

2018-02-02 Thread ghostlands
Is there a reason Catfish isn't being considered for this? It's in Debian and works exceptionally well, with a clean and intuitive interface. A more advanced tool is Pfilesearch, but I don't believe it's currently in Debian or Ubuntu (it was invented for Puppy Linux). It's extremely simple

Re: [Tails-dev] BIOS attack

2018-02-02 Thread Tobias Frei
Hi, "in all likelihood": When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses not zebras. ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_error Best regards Tobias Frei On Fri, Feb 2, 2018, 21:50 wrote: > Thanks Tobias, > It is always good to know that contact has been made. > What