operation not permitted on entropy file

Polytropon freebsd at edvax.de
Wed Aug 13 10:05:23 UTC 2014


On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:42:10 -0700, David Benfell wrote:
> Actually haven't seen a PS/2 connector for a while. Given the latest
> hullabaloo about USB security issues, I wonder if they'll make a
> comeback.

Probably not, because the worst, most insecure and mechanically
problematic technology usually prevails.

Regarding USB security, you're probably talking about this?

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/07/this-thumbdrive-hacks-computers-badusb-exploit-makes-devices-turn-evil/

https://srlabs.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/SRLabs-BadUSB-BlackHat-v1.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuruzFqMgIw

I've even seen it being demonstrated on TV. On TV! On _german_ TV!

I had already been reading about this interesting attack vector,
but I didn't assume it was that "easy"...



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