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Re: [inbox] Breaking LoJack for Laptops
From: Michael Holstein <michael.holstein () csuohio edu>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:21:02 -0500
> in another life, I played witht eh computrace software. If I remember > correctly it transmits it's data before the OS fully boots, and it is > supposed to survive a Ghost re-image or an OS re-install.I could envision doing this with BIOS participation and taking advantage of the HPA area on an ATA drive .. since Ghost (et.al.) won't 'see' the HPA area as a valid address on the drive.
But to send out a "phone home" packet, you'd have to put a lot of logic in the bios (enough to do tcp/ip, dhcp, dns, plus hardware drivers for ethernet, etc).
~Mike. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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- Re: Breaking LoJack for Laptops Andrew Wong (Dec 25)
- Re: Breaking LoJack for Laptops Bob Hacker (Dec 25)
- Re: Breaking LoJack for Laptops Bob Franklin (Dec 25)
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- RE: [inbox] Breaking LoJack for Laptops Exibar (Dec 27)
- Re: [inbox] Breaking LoJack for Laptops Michael Holstein (Dec 27)
- Re: [inbox] Breaking LoJack for Laptops Steve Friedl (Dec 27)
- Re: [inbox] Breaking LoJack for Laptops Michael Holstein (Dec 27)
- Re: [inbox] Breaking LoJack for Laptops nocfed (Dec 28)
- Re: [inbox] Breaking LoJack for Laptops Michael Holstein (Dec 27)
- Re: [inbox] Breaking LoJack for Laptops J.A. Terranson (Dec 27)
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