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Hello, looking into the issue described in the advisory below I wonder how to tackle this issues. Primarily I ask myself * is there any reason not to filter all physical memory access by default * what would be the appropriate way to change the filter set? a sysctl? Regards Maximillian Dornseif FireWire/IEEE 1394 direct memory access - CAN-2004-1038 Advisory URL: http://pacsec.jp/advisories.html Subject: Potential system compromise by connected FireWire devices CVE #: CAN-2004-1038 Affected: So far all tested Operating Systems with FireWire support Summary: ---...