On Fri, Feb 05, 2016 at 09:38:10PM -0500, fsmithred wrote:
> On 02/05/2016 08:48 PM, Joel Roth wrote:
> > Didier Kryn wrote:
> >>
> >> The ability to brick the motherboard is brand new. Therefore admins
> >> should be seriously protected and warned against this eventuality, at least
> >> until it percolates into the general culture.
> >
> > IIUC, this means malware will now be able to not only
> > erase, but to render its targets unbootable.
> > Also creating a new hardware recovery business.
> > It seems somewhat bleak. Am I overreacting?
> >
> >
>
> Go with the flow, dude. It's worth the risk of malware for the benefit of
> having your vendor push firmware updates whenever they want. (Did I get
> that right?)
>
> Actually, I think you're underreacting. I would edit your statement to
> say, "...render its targets unbootable or worse." Malware authors and
> others who might have bad intentions for your hardware generally want it
> to keep working.
Perhaps not in warfare.
-- hendrik
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