| ??? 05/31/12 11:15 Read: times |
#187586 - Backdoor access Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Lots of chips have backdoor access ports, generally for test and debug purposes. The article doesn't say what you need to access this backdoor, but I'd guess you would need to physically connect a special piece of hardware. That's not an easy option for most hackers. |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| have you seen this? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Backdoor access | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| What's the big deal? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Crypto keys | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| High security chips | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| IP theft | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| as far as IP theft is concerned ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Its really | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Biggest problems is still processor copy-protection | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| so Mr Evil Hacker gets his keys | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Mr Evil Hacker is most definitely busy | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Who writes that crap? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Don't think so much about modification as in extraction | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| The people who write that crap... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
c'mon, Jez! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Never mind who writes it .... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Right on! | 01/01/70 00:00 |