Re: Meet PoisonTap, the $5 tool that ransacks password-protected computers

2016-11-22 Thread Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
"George N. White III" writes: > I assume the OP's intent was for the system to ignore devices newly > connected when the screen is locked, so existing devices such as the > keyboard used to unlock the screen remain available for use. Apple > systems do something like this. If you connect a USB s

Re: Meet PoisonTap, the $5 tool that ransacks password-protected computers

2016-11-22 Thread George N. White III
On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 13:00:19 +0100 > Jeandet Alexis wrote: > > > Le mardi 22 novembre 2016 à 10:43 +, jharb...@comcast.net a > > écrit : > > > I have opened a bug, 1396837, in the Red Hat Bugzilla. > > > My suggestion is for all USB port

Re: Meet PoisonTap, the $5 tool that ransacks password-protected computers

2016-11-22 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 13:00:19 +0100 Jeandet Alexis wrote: > Le mardi 22 novembre 2016 à 10:43 +, jharb...@comcast.net a > écrit : > > I have opened a bug, 1396837, in the Red Hat Bugzilla. > > My suggestion is for all USB port to not enumerate any devices > > plugged in while the screen is loc

Re: Meet PoisonTap, the $5 tool that ransacks password-protected computers

2016-11-22 Thread Jeandet Alexis
Le mardi 22 novembre 2016 à 10:43 +, jharb...@comcast.net a écrit : > I have opened a bug, 1396837, in the Red Hat Bugzilla. > My suggestion is for all USB port to not enumerate any devices > plugged in while the screen is locked, even if it is password > protected.  I feel that the integrity o

Re: Meet PoisonTap, the $5 tool that ransacks password-protected computers

2016-11-22 Thread jharbold
I have opened a bug, 1396837, in the Red Hat Bugzilla. My suggestion is for all USB port to not enumerate any devices plugged in while the screen is locked, even if it is password protected. I feel that the integrity of Linux has to be defended against this hybrid attack. ___

Meet PoisonTap, the $5 tool that ransacks password-protected computers

2016-11-16 Thread Neal Becker
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/11/meet-poisontap-the-5-tool-that-ransacks-password-protected-computers/ wonder if fedora/linux is vulnerable? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le