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[linux-security] Circumventing write protect on ZIPDISKS.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rogier Wolff)
Mon May 25 10:41:53 1998
To: linux-security@redhat.com
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 11:00:01 +0200 (MET DST)
From: R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff)
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Felix von Leitner told me:
> The [zip disk] security can be circumvented by putting a read-write
> disk in the drive, then using a needle to do the eject and inserting
> the read-only disk. Done.
> AFAIK there hasn't been a published way to hack the protection in
> software, but I see no reason to trust them.
Regards,
Roger.
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