but it (and every other operating system) still has drivers for network cards that use binary, closed-source firmware that operates on the network card's own pr

but it (and every other operating system) still has drivers for network cards that use binary, closed-source firmware that operates on the network card's own processor. which can be backdoored, and would then be impossible to detect from the operating system. http://esec-lab.sogeti.com/dotclear/index.php?post/2010/11/21/Presentation-at-Hack.lu-:-Reversing-the-Broacom-NetExtreme-s-firmware http://esec-lab.sogeti.com/dotclear/index.php?post/2010/11/2...