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Old 03-05-2008, 02:19 AM
nemo_outis
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Default Re: Hack into a Windows PC - no password needed

SafeBoot Simon <hunt.simon@gmail.com> wrote in news:7ef8d9ed-323c-4ea6-
a401-f0239548e669@m34g2000hsc.googlegroups.com:

> On Mar 4, 6:26*pm, "Sebastian G." <se...@seppig.de> wrote:
>> The really strange thing is that every WHQL-certified FireWire driver is
>> explicitly required to disable this feature on startup.

>
> Are you sure? I thought DMA access was a requirement of the Firewire
> HW specification to allow a device to map into memory?


Yep, you've got it right.

Regards,



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