full-disclosure - Destroying PCs remotely?

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From: steve.wray at paradise.net.nz (Steve Wray)
Subject: Destroying PCs remotely?

Interesting topic though, is it possible to
*destroy* computers remotely at all?
Destroy the hardware, that is.

In the case of a rack *full* of Dell servers,
I imagine that turning all the fans on full
power would generate enough thrust to push
the whole thing across the machine room floor...
:)

In the old days there were the 'washing machine' hard drives 
that one could, apparently, 'walk' across the floor by
forcing repeated head seeks.


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> Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Destroying PCs remotely?
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> "Senator Orrin Hatch, a Republican representing Utah, asked technology
> chiefs about whether they could develop ways to damage or destroy the
> computers hearing in Washington on Tuesday"
> 
> Whilst this seems a little off-topic, having the US 
> government blowing up
> your PC (without "due process" by the looks of it) makes 
> other security
> holes pale into insignificance.
> 
> More details at 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music> /2999780.stm
> 
> 
> What was that? It was the US constitution 
> saying bye-bye...
> 
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