On Llu, 2005-04-11 at 17:01, Jonas Diemer wrote:
> Yes, but a new video-card or Motherboard can be easily bought (although it
> costs), but the data on a locked disk is lost forever, unless you pay for
> professional recovery (which is also a time-issue, if time critical data is
> stored on the
hdparm-6.0 is currently winding through release channels,
and includes support for freezing/managing the security status.
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Hi Alan!
Thanks for the info
Am Montag 11. April 2005 17:36 schrieb Alan Cox:
> It makes little difference as the attacker can replace the kernel and
> reboot.
> Anyway they can flash erase your video card bios, your IDE firmware,
> your BIOS
> and far more just as easily.
Yes, but a new video-c
On Llu, 2005-04-04 at 18:42, Jonas Diemer wrote:
> I figured there could be a kernel compiled-in option that will make the
> kernel
> lock all drives found during bootup. then, a malicous program would need to
> install a different kernel in order to harm the drive, which would be much
> more s
Am Dienstag 05. April 2005 17:41 schrieb Vernon Mauery:
> This makes sense because a particularly malicious
> place to put something like this is a worm that attaches to your boot
> loader. Then, even doing it in the kernel at boot time is too late.
I understand... Didn't know that worms could a
Horst von Brand wrote:
> Jonas Diemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
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>>I figured there could be a kernel compiled-in option that will make the
>>kernel lock all drives found during bootup. then, a malicous program
>>would need to install a different kernel in order to harm the drive,
>>
Horst von Brand wrote:
Doing it in initrd should be plenty of time, no need to involve the kernel.
Not everyone uses an initrd.
Chris
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* Jonas Diemer:
> What do you think of this?
I think that these days, the underlying assumption (software cannot
destroy hardware, and if it can, we have a problem) is simply no
longer valid.
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Jonas Diemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
[...]
> I figured there could be a kernel compiled-in option that will make the
> kernel lock all drives found during bootup. then, a malicous program
> would need to install a different kernel in order to harm the drive,
> which would be much more secure.
Hello!
I don't know if you guys already know, there is a possible security risk with
all modern desktop-pcs and ata hard drives. In short:
Modern ata drives can be locked by password. This lock could be set by a
malicous software. This security feature can be frozen, so no programs can
set a l
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