Re: [gentoo-user] Linux USB security holes.

2017-11-09 Thread taii...@gmx.com
You can forward your USB controllers to a VM OR Disable them in the BIOS It is very easy to re-write a USB drive firmware via another virus on a poorly secured different computer so this doesn't really need physical access not that it would be difficult to simply have someone cause a scene

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux USB security holes.

2017-11-08 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 08/11/2017 07:08, Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I ran up on this link.  Is there any truth to it and should any of us > Gentooers be worried about it? > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/07/linux_usb_security_bugs/  > > Isn't Linux supposed to be more secure than this?? I would say the

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux USB security holes.

2017-11-08 Thread Martin DiViaio
There's an old saying: The only secure computer is one that is locked in a room, unplugged. Then again, that computer is only as secure as the lock on the door. On Wednesday, November 8, 2017, 1:48:43 AM EST, R0b0t1 wrote: On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 12:10 AM, R0b0t1

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux USB security holes.

2017-11-07 Thread Dale
R0b0t1 wrote: > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 12:10 AM, R0b0t1 wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 12:02 AM, Dale wrote: >>> Dale wrote: Howdy, I ran up on this link. Is there any truth to it and should any of us Gentooers be worried about it?

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux USB security holes.

2017-11-07 Thread R0b0t1
On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 12:10 AM, R0b0t1 wrote: > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 12:02 AM, Dale wrote: >> Dale wrote: >>> Howdy, >>> >>> I ran up on this link. Is there any truth to it and should any of us >>> Gentooers be worried about it? >>> >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux USB security holes.

2017-11-07 Thread R0b0t1
On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 12:02 AM, Dale wrote: > Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I ran up on this link. Is there any truth to it and should any of us >> Gentooers be worried about it? >> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/07/linux_usb_security_bugs/ >> >> Isn't Linux

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux USB security holes.

2017-11-07 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I ran up on this link.  Is there any truth to it and should any of us > Gentooers be worried about it? > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/07/linux_usb_security_bugs/  > > Isn't Linux supposed to be more secure than this?? > > Dale > > :-)  :-)  > To reply to all

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux USB security holes.

2017-11-07 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 8 November 2017 06:08:21 GMT+01:00, Dale wrote: >Howdy, > >I ran up on this link.  Is there any truth to it and should any of us >Gentooers be worried about it? > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/07/linux_usb_security_bugs/  > >Isn't Linux supposed to be more secure

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux USB security holes.

2017-11-07 Thread R0b0t1
On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 11:08 PM, Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I ran up on this link. Is there any truth to it and should any of us > Gentooers be worried about it? > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/07/linux_usb_security_bugs/ > > Isn't Linux supposed to be more secure

Re: [gentoo-user] Linux USB security holes.

2017-11-07 Thread Adam Carter
On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I ran up on this link. Is there any truth to it and should any of us > Gentooers be worried about it? > Its sensible to think of anything that's been assigned a CVE number as real. > >

[gentoo-user] Linux USB security holes.

2017-11-07 Thread Dale
Howdy, I ran up on this link.  Is there any truth to it and should any of us Gentooers be worried about it? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/07/linux_usb_security_bugs/  Isn't Linux supposed to be more secure than this?? Dale :-)  :-)