Microsoft, at least, was thinking about this and trying to mitigate as early as 2003 [1], Attacks over FireWire or SCSI were part of the threat model that the

Microsoft, at least, was thinking about this and trying to mitigate as early as 2003 [1], Attacks over FireWire or SCSI were part of the threat model that the Palladium team was concerned about. [1] http://www.google.com/patents/US7975117 http://www.google.com/patents/US7975117