Ask HN: Too theoretical for hackers to flash your firmware excluding boot ROM?

Post by bigfatkitten » Thu, Dec 12, 2024, 7:43 PM UTC

PrimaryAlibi wrote: post #11

bigfatkitten wrote: post #10

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> How would it be done externally? Is it done same way as flashing the boot rom? Depends on the device. > Is that why you think only foreign intelligence agencies are the ones who can do this? Because it's enough work that nobody else would bother. > Also assume that the bios is password protected and it's configured in bios to not boot from a USB drive. BIOS password is an administrative control. It doesn't stop any…

These are the type of vague answers i said i didn't want because they are not helpful. How do i know if you really know what you are talking about? No explanations or links to sources. "depends on the device" is almost not an answer at all. BIOS password does help if they need to be able to boot from usb drive to flash firmware. Or do you know another way? Again, not talking about boot rom.

Post by bigfatkitten » Fri, Dec 13, 2024, 3:34 AM UTC

PrimaryAlibi wrote: post #13

bigfatkitten wrote: post #12

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> "depends on the device" is almost not an answer at all. If you ask extremely general questions, you're going to get extremely general answers. This is a discussion board, not a personal research service. You need to go and figure this out for the specific hardware you are concerned about. > BIOS password does help if they need to be able to boot from usb drive to flash firmware. That's the only circumstance in whic…

But my questions aren't extremely general, i even asked very specifically if you are supposed to attach an external programmer to the component like keyboard or cam etc but you can't even answer that. You can't even give one example. Are you saying there is nothing at all in common with different device models like camera model b and camera model c? You don't physically manipulate with them in any way? Don't attach a…