From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932269AbWEQNZN (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2006 09:25:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932270AbWEQNZM (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2006 09:25:12 -0400 Received: from web51410.mail.yahoo.com ([206.190.38.189]:37227 "HELO web51410.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932269AbWEQNZL (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2006 09:25:11 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=vXb9O3A6mCkm3/gPEqvuPpFQQTDstuIx6KToEHHhbaUBcpQfeubTjZhMHdoq22bkdDSPblHrPa/Wm8M/foUN2eZDuKmez8LU2YWik/OgyoaRIPy3p+a8ggwBiPCA5QRicw7iPGBe+Q1GA1YYtslVCCa2WgntpClyi/0fet+MI6s= ; Message-ID: <20060517132503.79272.qmail@web51410.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 15:25:02 +0200 (CEST) From: Joerg Pommnitz Subject: Re: Wiretapping Linux? To: Linux kernel In-Reply-To: <446B141B.7050506@argo.co.il> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --- Avi Kivity schrieb: > > A pci device can read system RAM and other memory-mapped PCI devices > (such as display framebuffers) using DMA. In addition, a pci (but not > pci-express) device can snoop on pci bus traffic to other devices. > Typically, however, hard drive controllers will be integrated into the > chipset so the data is not on the bus. Thanks for providing this information. This makes the binary firmware required for peripherals even more interesting for security conscious people. Regards Joerg -- Regards Joerg ___________________________________________________________ Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: http://messenger.yahoo.de