On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 22:46:59 -0500, Hendrik wrote in message <20160206034659.ga23...@topoi.pooq.com>:
> On Fri, Feb 05, 2016 at 09:38:10PM -0500, fsmithred wrote: > > On 02/05/2016 08:48 PM, Joel Roth wrote: > > > Didier Kryn wrote: > > >> > > >> The ability to brick the motherboard is brand new. Therefore > > >> admins should be seriously protected and warned against this > > >> eventuality, at least until it percolates into the general > > >> culture. > > > > > > IIUC, this means malware will now be able to not only > > > erase, but to render its targets unbootable. > > > Also creating a new hardware recovery business. > > > It seems somewhat bleak. Am I overreacting? > > > > > > > > > > Go with the flow, dude. It's worth the risk of malware for the > > benefit of having your vendor push firmware updates whenever they > > want. (Did I get that right?) > > > > Actually, I think you're underreacting. I would edit your statement > > to say, "...render its targets unbootable or worse." Malware > > authors and others who might have bad intentions for your hardware > > generally want it to keep working. > > Perhaps not in warfare. ..against whom? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
