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On the other hand, malware would have hit commodity devices much faster. That DMA is begging to be used to root a computer.
by throwaway91111 9y ago
On the other hand, malware would have hit commodity devices much faster. That DMA is begging to be used to root a computer.
- philsnow 9y agoSo now we've got thunderbolt.
- throwaway91111 9y agoYou're not wrong. IIRC USB C is also DMA, did I hear wrong?
- theandrewbailey 9y agoUSB-C is a fancy USB connector. It implies nothing about the protocol or anything underneath.
- throwaway91111 9y agoIn spite of correctly identifying a problem in my post, you failed to correct for it and answer the question. Why post at all?
- GeekyBear 9y agoIn that time period, most laptops had one or two PCMCIA/PC Card/CardBus slots that had the same vulnerability. They were commonly used back then to add modems, network adapters and even hard drives.
- throwaway91111 9y agoHmm, fair point!
- astrodust 9y agoAh, the good old "People Can't Memorize Computer Indusry Acronyms" standard. I still have no idea what it stands for.