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Lack of IOMMU and no memory protection on the Wi-Fi IC was really awkward (but sorta expectable). However, it's kinda shocking to me that they'd go to the trou
by zkms 10y ago
Lack of IOMMU and no memory protection on the Wi-Fi IC was really awkward (but sorta expectable).
However, it's kinda shocking to me that they'd go to the trouble use a magic ethertype to tag internally-originating synthetic frames but completely neglect to strip out externally-originating frames with that magic ethertype.
- greglindahl 10y agoI'm less shocked by that than I am by the fact that they still apparently aren't hiring external auditors. At this point it seems to me that it would be cheaper to hire an auditor (even after initial shipment, so no time-to-market problem) than to get black eyes like this one.