Comments on: Watch out! Here come the hackers with their PDOS! http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/22/watch-out-here-come-the-hackers-with-thier-psod/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:30:52 -0500 hourly 1 By: Little Red Ryan Hood http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/22/watch-out-here-come-the-hackers-with-thier-psod/comment-page-1/#comment-706571 Little Red Ryan Hood Sat, 24 May 2008 00:40:30 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=26791#comment-706571 Actually Whiskey, you were wrong. Firmware is imbedded software, while these viruses overwrite the imbedded software they actually harm the physical hardware. So not in his face. Also doesn't most firmware have unwritable blocks so you can always restore it if corrupted? Ciscos do, Extreme does, I think most server hardware does. (I guess this responds to my earlier worry). Actually Whiskey, you were wrong. Firmware is imbedded software, while these viruses overwrite the imbedded software they actually harm the physical hardware. So not in his face.

Also doesn’t most firmware have unwritable blocks so you can always restore it if corrupted? Ciscos do, Extreme does, I think most server hardware does. (I guess this responds to my earlier worry).

]]> By: Whiskey http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/22/watch-out-here-come-the-hackers-with-thier-psod/comment-page-1/#comment-706534 Whiskey Sat, 24 May 2008 00:27:08 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=26791#comment-706534 I actually got a bad grade because of this issue. The question was, Can a virus harm your hardware? Yes/No My answer Yes, because firmware is hardware, it's reachable and can be potentially modified. Their answer, no, because viruses do not affect hardware.... Pfff, YEAH RIGHT! Take that "teacher knows best"! Took 5 years but now i get to rub it in his face!!! I actually got a bad grade because of this issue. The question was, Can a virus harm your hardware? Yes/No

My answer Yes, because firmware is hardware, it’s reachable and can be potentially modified.

Their answer, no, because viruses do not affect hardware….
Pfff, YEAH RIGHT! Take that “teacher knows best”! Took 5 years but now i get to rub it in his face!!!

]]> By: Little Red Ryan Hood http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/22/watch-out-here-come-the-hackers-with-thier-psod/comment-page-1/#comment-704719 Little Red Ryan Hood Thu, 22 May 2008 18:21:34 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=26791#comment-704719 Let's hope this is only for actual computers and not those series of tubes (read switches and routers) the internet uses. Let’s hope this is only for actual computers and not those series of tubes (read switches and routers) the internet uses.

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