[ale] Slashdot article -- Intel DQ35 mobo

[Dave Malhotra]

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On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Sean <drifter at oppositelock.org> wrote:

> No, a DQ 35 is not a Dairy Queen special.  It is a particular
> Intel motherboard.  And at that point I just ran out of what I
> really know about this.  The Slashdot article (3:30 pm today)
> talks about attacking a Linux system on this mobo. The attack
> is based on the fact that (some?) Linux systems allow root to
> easily access the MTR registers.
>
> So my question is this:  Is there any way, short of opening up the
> box and hunting for a mobo serial number, to find out what mobo
> I have?  Can the system identify enough of the specialized chips
> to allow me figure out what I have?
>
> Sean
>
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