From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: From: David Presotto To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: some #s In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-aewueqjtwmjiqxgbkewhchiyfb" Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 08:02:59 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: c6e1b726-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-aewueqjtwmjiqxgbkewhchiyfb Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've already done that. My meaning was only that I wished it were actually a universal feature. Most people, faced with the possibility of turning on a feature might do it. Make them burn a BIOS on a system and its unlikely they'll ever bother; too scarey and too much of a pain. --upas-aewueqjtwmjiqxgbkewhchiyfb Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Received: from plan9.cs.bell-labs.com ([135.104.9.2]) by plan9; Fri Jun 6 07:58:21 EDT 2003 Received: from mail.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by plan9; Fri Jun 6 07:58:18 EDT 2003 Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.23.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 052BD19B2A; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 07:58:08 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: from einstein.ssz.com (unknown [207.200.56.4]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id EC1E019A08 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 07:57:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (ravage@localhost) by einstein.ssz.com (8.11.6/8.11.6/SuSE Linux 0.5) with ESMTP id h56C1o428837 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 07:01:50 -0500 From: Jim Choate To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [9fans] Re: some #s Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 07:01:50 -0500 (CDT) On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, David Presotto wrote: > Even with all that, I'ld be happier if the BIOS or boot ROM zeroed > all memory. Contact your BIOS vendor and ask about a security release that replaces the simple memory check with a memory walker (ala Barber Pole) or burn your own BIOS. -- ____________________________________________________________________ We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. Criswell, "Plan 9 from Outer Space" ravage@ssz.com jchoate@open-forge.org www.ssz.com www.open-forge.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- --upas-aewueqjtwmjiqxgbkewhchiyfb--