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Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:20:28 -0800 From: Tim <tim-security@...tinelchicken.org> To: Larry Seltzer <Larry@...ryseltzer.com> Cc: Full Disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>, Bugtraq <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Firewire Attack on Windows Vista > >>...Windows would not do this. It would only open up access to devices > that it thought needed DMA. This is why Metlstorm had to make his Linux > machine behave like an iPod to fool Windows into spreading it's legs. > > So the iPod software opens up the whole address space? I don't get it. No, the iPod device signature makes Windows drivers think it should allow DMA access for that device because it detect it as a disk device. Other disk device signatures would likely work the same way, that's just the one he happened to emulate. tim
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