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Re: [Full-disclosure] AFS - The Ultimate Sulution?
- To: Paul Sebastian Ziegler <psz@xxxxxxxxxxx>, full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] AFS - The Ultimate Sulution?
- From: Siim Põder <windo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:41:04 +0300
Yo!
Paul Sebastian Ziegler wrote:
> Thats a good point. Since the loader is part of the workstation it
> should be possible to swap it with full system-control.
> But what if this loader would also be taken from another server - say by
> using Netboot or something similar? Then it would be out of the reach of
> even root.
Is it possible to update BIOS memory from outside of BIOS? If so, then
it would be possible to turn netboot off after compromising root.
Siim Põder
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