On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 22:46:59 -0500, Hendrik wrote in message
<20160206034659.GA23001@???>:

> 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.

..against whom?

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