Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: USB risks (continued)

2004-06-28 Thread Sam
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Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: USB risks (continued)

2004-06-28 Thread RSnake
p. On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, Chris Withers wrote: | Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:59:11 +0100 | From: Chris Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: RSnake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Cc: Gadi Evron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, | Harlan Carvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], | [E

[Full-Disclosure] Re: USB risks (continued)

2004-06-28 Thread Chris Withers
RSnake wrote: writeable, but the drives aren't removeable on CDs. That of course isn't true if you have a USB drive, but I think part of the deal there is that you need to install special drivers to even read USB CD drives. ...that's not true ;-) Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Zope & Py

[Full-Disclosure] Re: USB risks (continued)

2004-06-19 Thread Kevin Davis
Many USB keys have hardware switches to make them read only. With Windows 2000 or Windows XP, no special drivers are required to read USB keys. Autorun works on removable USB CD drives. - Original Message - From: "RSnake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gadi Evron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Har

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: USB risks (continued)

2004-06-19 Thread Jp Wise
Hi All, this isn't a subject I claim to know anything about, but has anyone previously looked at using the partition table, and it's various codes for the filesystems? A USB or PCMCIA drive for that matter has it's own partition table (I believe). The OS then reads the table, and loads the appr

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Re: USB risks (continued)

2004-06-19 Thread Harlan Carvey
I agree, the use of USB-connected devices is nothing new. They make a very unobtrusive delivery system, as well as a great way to load vast amounts of data into an extremely small space to get information out of an organization. But you know something, that's not really the point. Yes, this is a

[Full-Disclosure] Re: USB risks (continued)

2004-06-19 Thread RSnake
Autorun doesn't work with USB keyfobs. Actually, it is my understanding that it doesn't work on any media that is deemed writable and removable. The distinction between USB devices and CDs is that the media is writeable, but the drives aren't removeable on CDs. That of course isn't true