Re:What are malicious USB keys and how to create a realistic...
by qb45 on Thursday October 13, 2016 @03:43AM
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> Don't even need to go that far. Just short all the pins and you will will kill a lot of motherboards.
Interesting. USB 2.0 spec mandates overcurrent protection on the power rail and ability to withstand continuous short circuit to ground or power on the data pins. I think 3.0 lifted the latter requirement, though.
But I never tested actual hardware for that, besides power short-circuit protection which seems to work on my machine (YMMV).
Interesting. USB 2.0 spec mandates overcurrent protection on the power rail and ability to withstand continuous short circuit to ground or power on the data pins. I think 3.0 lifted the latter requirement, though.
But I never tested actual hardware for that, besides power short-circuit protection which seems to work on my machine (YMMV).