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SubjectRe: disk-destroyer.c

Take it to t13@t13.org

I will meet you there!

On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Stephen Frost wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Andre Hedrick wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Karen Shaeffer wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you for the nice summary. And, certainly the patch should be applied.
> > >
> > > But you have described defective hardware. And despite the patch, it is still
> > > possible for a malicious root to exploit this defective hardware. So, this
> > > is ultimately a hardware manufacturer issue. A list of boards with the defective
> > > disk controller chip should be released to the public, so consumers can be
> > > aware of the problem and *NOT* purchase these controllers in the future.
> >
> > Assume no hardware has defects, it is an exploit against the ATA SPECS.
>
> Then perhaps the ATA SPECS should be questioned if the ATA SPECS allow
> for this. A hardware jumper should be required. Either that or a method by
> which the drive can be recovered (such as good quality motherboards have for
> their bioses) should be defined.
>
> Stephen
>

Andre Hedrick
The Linux ATA/IDE guy


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