• Re: Danger USB (was Re: Packages With =?UTF-8?B?4oCcdDY04oCd?= On TheEnds Of Their Names)

    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@ldo@nz.invalid to comp.os.linux.misc on Wed Apr 17 07:21:17 2024
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    On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:15:49 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    On 2024-04-16 21:31, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    The modern sneakernet equivalent is an SD card or a 'thumb drive'

    Also a nasty attack vector.

    Not sure an SD card can do that, but a USB device, yes.

    Hence devices like this <https://github.com/robertfisk/USG/wiki>.
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  • From The Natural Philosopher@tnp@invalid.invalid to comp.os.linux.misc on Wed Apr 17 09:18:54 2024
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    On 17/04/2024 08:21, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
    On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:15:49 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    On 2024-04-16 21:31, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    The modern sneakernet equivalent is an SD card or a 'thumb drive'

    Also a nasty attack vector.

    Not sure an SD card can do that, but a USB device, yes.

    Hence devices like this <https://github.com/robertfisk/USG/wiki>.

    What else is a raspberry PI than a device that boots not from a floppy,
    but from an SD card?

    There are floppy emulators that take SD cards that can be used to boot
    old PCs etc.
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  • From Carlos E.R.@robin_listas@es.invalid to comp.os.linux.misc on Wed Apr 17 14:29:24 2024
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    On 2024-04-17 09:21, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
    On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:15:49 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

    On 2024-04-16 21:31, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

    The modern sneakernet equivalent is an SD card or a 'thumb drive'

    Also a nasty attack vector.

    Not sure an SD card can do that, but a USB device, yes.

    Yes, I meant USB thumb drives, not cards.


    Hence devices like this <https://github.com/robertfisk/USG/wiki>.

    Oh!
    --
    Cheers, Carlos.

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