[71025] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Worst cast worm damage estimates: Research
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward B. Dreger)
Sat Jun 5 22:12:01 2004
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 02:11:36 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Edward B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0406050110320.3996@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
SD> Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 04:49:21 -0400 (EDT)
SD> From: Sean Donelan
SD> That's less than $400 per defective motherboard. Your paper
SD> estimates it would cost more than double to replace a
SD> scrambled BIOS.
Definitely sounds high, especially considering the cheap end with
socketed a DIPP BIOS: Boot from "loaner" BIOS chip. Remove
loaner BIOS. Insert chip containing scrambled BIOS. Flash.
Eddy
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