Re: security problems with newer ata disks.

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Stephan wrote:
> if u do an
> hdparm -I
> on your device you can see if that drive could get passworded or not.
>=20
> they will soon provide a patch for hdparm, so the drive security can be
> freezed at startup.

I read it in the magazine (dead tree form). I have now patched my hdparm
and put an "/sbin/hdparm -F /dev/hde" in my udev-bootscript (so it is
executed as soon as the file "/dev/hde" is created).

It all works fine so long...

But I don't think that's really a high-class security-hole - an attacker
needs root-permissions - and nobody should ever get them...

Cheers,
- --
Philipp T=F6lke

For those of you without hope, we have rooms
with color TV, cable, and air conditioning.
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