google-earth anybody?

[Ric Moore]

On 08/01/2012 01:29 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 August 2012 13:23:49 Ric Moore did opine:
>
>> On 07/30/2012 04:04 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> So no, no metal carving machines are being operated by this machine,
>>> and likely never will be.  Big Iron when I built it yes, capable of
>>> running even small iron well, no.  Not without offloading much of the
>>> control to dedicated boards.
>>
>> Oh, well install your nvidia drivers to it and sin no more. <grins> Ric
>>
> Humm, considering this Ric;
>
> <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.full-disclosure/86747>
>
> Are you so sure the NVidia driver is the bees knees now?
>
> But it also begs this question:
>
> Since the nouveau code is riddled with NVidia copyrights, right in the
> kernel src code, could it be attacked in the same manner?  I think users
> deserve to know.

Well, it's pretty much like the same as the other exploits, and MS's 
reasoning behind locking down the bios, IF one has no security rules, 
the likelihood of a security threat is far greater that a box with 
security measures in place. I have a few simple rules and that has been 
fairly good. Ric



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