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Re: Malicious devices & vulnerabilties


From: Eitan Adler <lists () eitanadler com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 12:37:56 -0500

On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Xi Wang <xi.wang () gmail com> wrote:
I am wondering where to draw the line.  Should such device drivers
be considered vulnerable or not?  Thanks.

Yes, they should be considered insecure given they these types of bugs
can have unwanted impact in some contexts.
Even though they require physical access to the machine does not mean
that they shouldn't be fixed.



-- 
Eitan Adler


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