Nobody seems to have mentioned the real problem area. That is that the CPU in the DSLR is probably not even an Intel CPU, so any virus writer would have to learn the CPU instruction set, or have a cross compiler to use another CPU, like an Intel, to get a virus into a language that the DSLR CPU would understand. I can see some Nikon user going to a huge amount of effort to produce virus code that would cripple a Canon but he'd have to find a way to spread the virus. The only way I can think of to do that is to hack the Canon website and substitute virus-ridden code for a driver update.
If that sounds like a hell of a lot of effort to go through, it's because it takes a hell of a lot of effort. Len --- > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 5:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: DSLRs and viruses > > > On 9 Oct 2002 at 11:33, Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Actually, I'd be more interested in hearing how you might > get a virus > > *into* a digicam. I can't imagine ever uploading any files into the > > camera from anywhere. > > Not that I'm particularly perturbed by the prospect of > uploading a virus laden > firmware upgrade from a certified manufacturers site I > thought that I would add > that since my digicam mounts its self on my NT5 system as an > external drive via > USB I regularly use it to port around files. > > Cheers, > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/> ~distudio/publications.html > >
