Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Compromising firmware of one device on IDE bus = at least >> compromising both master and slave. > > You should assume host compromise because patched firmware can fiddle with > things like setuid bits. Actually you should assume that you'll never use > the device again and have to bin it. For most universities and many other > environments thats probably worst case. Precisely, though sometimes host compromise without actually destroying the writer may be a bigger problem than just a damaged drive (which, with a bit of luck, could be brought back to life). -- Krzysztof Halasa -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
