full-disclosure - Bios programming...

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From: edgardo at u.washington.edu ('FoR ReaLz' E. Balansay)
Subject: Bios programming...

Hello,

Out of curiousity, isn't it possible/easier to monitor those stats by 
viewing your firewall traffic logs?

Goodbye,
Edgardo



On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Matt Marooney wrote:

> I am trying to write a program to help people who are addicted to
> internet pornography.  This application would be tied into an online
> service where someone could sign up for monitoring, and download a thin
> client app.  The application would run in the background of the person's
> computer, and upload the person's internet activity to the website.  The
> service would then email this activity report to designated recipients.
> I have most of the knowledge to create this service, but I need to know
> how to do a couple things:
>
> 1. I would like the program to be "un-installable".  I've heard of a
> couple of hardware security tracking services that can load a very small
> setup package in the CMOS and if a computer is stolen, and the hard
> drive is replaced, the app reloads itself and the next time the computer
> is on the internet, it sends out a beacon.  Does anyone have any insight
> about how to do something like this?  I want the CMOS program to run on
> boot, and check to see if the monitoring software is still installed.
> If it is not, the boot process reloads it.
>
> 2. obviously, the program does not need to be very large, so I want it
> to run in the background and not be visible to the computer's user. This
> is easy, I know, but I want the process to be completely invisible.
> (even to super-geeks)
>
> 3. I would like to figure out a way to monitor traffic for multiple
> protocols (HTTP, FTP, File Sharing, Chat, etc.) .  I'm wondering if
> there is a way to figure out "bad" requests on a packet level.
>
> I really appreciate any help with these questions!  Thank you all,
>
> -- Matt
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