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Putting it in ROM also makes it unpatchable, meaning it will immediately be infected again when it boots up.
by thomasahle 9y ago
Putting it in ROM also makes it unpatchable, meaning it will immediately be infected again when it boots up.
- WalterBright 9y agoNot necessarily. A physical write-enable switch can work, too. (Not a software switch!)
- Neliquat 9y agoOnly if you can trust tour patch, and its delivery system, who it is from, and your ability to verify the data with them. Not to mention authenticate that they are your actual patch provider.
- WalterBright 9y agoCurrent setup: I click on bad link, malware installed on my computer that infects my disk firmware. I remove the malware from my computer. My disk remains compromised. Suggested setup: I click on bad link, malware installed on my computer that infects my disk firmware. I remove the malware from my computer. My disk is no longer compromised. Also, I plug a USB stick into my computer. It gets compromised. I unplug it. It gets uncompromised. No more USB spread malware.
- afuchs 9y agoYour suggested setup would allow a worm to repeatedly reinfect everything. Some forms of malware, such as one used in an attack against Kaspersky Lab, have been designed to do so instead of persisting directly onto the targeted devices.
- WalterBright 9y agoThe exponential growth of the infection will be either blunted or stopped if a significant percentage of the infected machines keep getting uninfected. It's "herd immunity".