Re: [Full-disclosure] usb shorting to ground

2007-12-30 Thread Dave "No, not that one" Korn
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 > ubiqu

[Full-disclosure] usb shorting to ground

2007-12-27 Thread Todd Troxell
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