Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: DOS all platforms

2004-01-26 Thread ldreamer
On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 05:39, Michael Cecil wrote: > At 06:49 AM 1/25/2004, Patrick J Okui said: > >On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Jonathan A. Zdziarski wrote: > > > >> I heard of a bet going between a student and IBM many many years ago to > >> write a virus to cause physical damage. Apparently the stud

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: DOS all platforms

2004-01-25 Thread Michael Cecil
At 06:49 AM 1/25/2004, Patrick J Okui said: >On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Jonathan A. Zdziarski wrote: > >> I heard of a bet going between a student and IBM many many years ago to >> write a virus to cause physical damage. Apparently the student was able >> to use harmonic resonance and the hard disk driv

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: DOS all platforms

2004-01-25 Thread Erik van Straten
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 12:49:48 + Patrick J Okui wrote: > On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Jonathan A. Zdziarski wrote: > > I heard of a bet going between a student and IBM many many years ago to > > write a virus to cause physical damage. Apparently the student was able > > to use harmonic resonance and the

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: DOS all platforms

2004-01-25 Thread Patrick J Okui
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Jonathan A. Zdziarski wrote: > Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 11:56:17 -0500 > From: Jonathan A. Zdziarski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Tamas Feher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: DOS all platforms > >

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: DOS all platforms

2004-01-24 Thread Jeff Kell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This story (and variants) dates back to the IBM2314 disk drive, if not further. The 2314s were usually cabinet mounted, while the 2311 was a free-standing "washing machine" format. The 2311 had a hydraulic actuator (really). I'd be more inclined to believe the 2314 var

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: DOS all platforms

2004-01-24 Thread Jeremiah Cornelius
Ahhh... The ST4096, perhaps! - Original Message - From: "Jonathan A. Zdziarski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tamas Feher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: DOS all

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: DOS all platforms

2004-01-24 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 11:56:17 EST, "Jonathan A. Zdziarski" said: > I heard of a bet going between a student and IBM many many years ago to > write a virus to cause physical damage. Apparently the student was able > to use harmonic resonance and the hard disk drive to physically shake > the PC off t

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: DOS all platforms

2004-01-24 Thread Jonathan A. Zdziarski
> >>Causing Physical damage to equipment? I heard of a bet going between a student and IBM many many years ago to write a virus to cause physical damage. Apparently the student was able to use harmonic resonance and the hard disk drive to physically shake the PC off the desk.

[Full-Disclosure] Re: DOS all platforms

2004-01-24 Thread Tamas Feher
Hello, >>Causing Physical damage to equipment? There was a virus for the Commodore C-64 platform, that sent commands to the 1541 external floppy disk unit to move its read-write head out of the normal field of movement. The FDD needed to be disassembled to manually push the head back onto the

[Full-Disclosure] Re: DOS all platforms

2004-01-21 Thread Chris Brown
-Original Message- From: Chris Brown Sent: 21 January 2004 18:57 To: Lee Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] DOS all platforms POC has been sent to CERT but they have yet to release it. I am not trying to be clever but how does your Firewall connect to the Internet if not through a router?