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From: nemo_outis on 14 Apr 2010 21:04
Maaartin <grajcar1(a)seznam.cz> wrote in
news:1476afc1-65e6-4533-ab9b-f215b20a2e18(a)z11g2000yqz.googlegroups.com:

> On Apr 9, 11:53�pm, "nemo_outis" <a...(a)xyz.com> wrote:
>> There are also some possible USB attacks that use similar methods to
>> the Firewire attack. �Fortunately the USB attacks are much less
>> powerful an
> d
>> so I'll leave it to your discretion whether to disable USB on your
>> system (USB is so convenient as to be virtually a necessity). �A
>> software USB disabler (there are several such programs) may be a
>> satisfactory compromise. �FWIW I disable Firewire (in hardware) but
>> not USB.
>
> What about SATA? It's capable of DMA as well and there're often
> external connectors for it.
>

To my knowledge there isn't a problem. Why, I don't know (memo to self:
look up IOMMU workings).

Regards,
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