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How do they do virus and security checking? I don't know how they import the data, but it could be that they use a system that can be exploited using a security
by pierrefar 17y ago
How do they do virus and security checking? I don't know how they import the data, but it could be that they use a system that can be exploited using a security vulnerability?
It's a (very) long shot for this kind of thing to work, but still it's a risk worth asking about. They are at the end of they day hooking up hardware to their computer - i.e. physical access to the machine.
- cracki 17y agowould you risk your account by intentionally adding malware to your data sets? HDDs are passive, there is no danger in merely hooking one up. and as long as the file system drivers are solid, shoveling these bits into "buckets" (whatever these are) is safe too. you're just shoveling the bits, not looking at them. this is about data, not executable code.
- loop 17y agoThey only support SATA and USB-2, which unlike Firewire, do not work by DMA, IIRC. I'd assume they do not support Firewire for exactly this reason: to prevent a device from reading the systems memory directly (known as pwn-by-iPod)
- tsuraan 17y agoSATA certainly does support DMA. DMA isn't a feature unique to firewire; rather, USB is (nearly) unique in that it's the one high-speed standard that doesn't support DMA.