Re: Security question / idea

2017-10-17 Thread flipchan
I think the most dangerous thing is the direct memory access , cuz u only need some magic code and a computer with a psu or FireWire port On October 17, 2017 1:46:43 PM GMT+02:00, Bryan Harris wrote: >Re: physical access, it seems not a technical problem. I.e. keep >laptop >with you, hire a gu

Re: Security question / idea

2017-10-17 Thread Bryan Harris
Re: physical access, it seems not a technical problem. I.e. keep laptop with you, hire a guard, etc. I'm not very technical, but could the hash be stored in usb stick or online? Maybe construct yourself a "computer safe" to make it harder for people to get access while you're away? I.e. increas

Re: Security question / idea

2017-10-17 Thread flipchan
Hey I also run libreboot :) I have read research about signing all the components and then verifying all that while you both , anyhow I think this would be very problematic with the new karl implementation that has taken place in openbsd 6.2 On October 14, 2017 4:26:21 PM GMT+02:00, "Bryan C.

Re: Security question / idea

2017-10-17 Thread Rupert Gallagher
I have a similar problem with remote systems on cloud farms. You cannot touch the firmware. You can logon to admin panel via internet browser, boot your instance from there, interact with its console, enter the fde password. All this is visible to the cloud farmers. Ideally, openbsd's boot sequ

Re: Security question / idea

2017-10-14 Thread Niels Kobschaetzki
> On 14. Oct 2017, at 16:26, Bryan C. Everly wrote: > > Hi misc@, > > In playing around with Libreboot and Coreboot, my belief that physical > access to the hardware really ups an attacker’s ability to win against most > security has been massively reinforced. For example, someone with enough

Security question / idea

2017-10-14 Thread Bryan C. Everly
Hi misc@, In playing around with Libreboot and Coreboot, my belief that physical access to the hardware really ups an attacker’s ability to win against most security has been massively reinforced. For example, someone with enough practice could take my Thinkpad T500 apart, force flash the BIOS (a