>
> I think quite a few people are overlooking a key point about security:
>
> Once someone has hacked in and is root, they can already do these things.
> There is nothing stopping them from writing their own flash-bios writing
> utility and executing it as root (or, if need be, writing it as a kernel
> module and insmod'ing it). Adding it to the standard kernel source tree
> only makes it a little easier for a malicious hacker who doesn't want to
> take the trouble to write their own code.
or cut and paste it out of phrack (I'm sure there will be an article on it
sooner or later)..
So who's gonna modify my tripwire to checksum the bios? :)
>
> ..my $.02
>
> Jason
> jsh@truedesign.com
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