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Security Risks of Firewire and PCMCIA DMA

 
 
David Lesher
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      06-12-2007
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>The problem seems to be that no matter how diligent you are, there's
>no software solution to this. These ports have direct access to RAM,
>so they can do virtually anything to your system. I'm sure there's a
>solution out there, but I have yet to run accross it.




Fill the ports with dongles whose presence will be verified
frequently; and do nasty things if they are not there...


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