bugtraq - RE: [Full-disclosure] Firewire Attack on Windows Vista

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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 14:51:07 -0500
From: "Larry Seltzer" <Larry@...ryseltzer.com>
To: "Bugtraq" <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>,
	"Full Disclosure" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Firewire Attack on Windows Vista

>>Let's say the computer is off. You can turn it on, but that gets you
to a login screen. What can the Firewire device do? 

OK, I guess I misunderstood the original paper
(http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Whitepapers/Vista_Physical_Attacks
.pdf). It now looks to me like they are claiming they can disable
password authentication *even while the system is not logged on* - do I
have that right?

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larry.seltzer@...fdavisenterprise.com