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Re: Firewire Attack on Windows Vista


From: Steve Shockley <steve.shockley () shockley net>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:51:15 -0400

Stefan Kanthak wrote:
2. The typical user authentication won't help, we're at hardware
level here, and no OS needs to be involved.

So, if I understand you correctly, if I boot my machine into DOS the memory can be read over Firewire? Or does the machine need a Firewire driver loaded to be vulnerable?


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