Intrusion Detection For Your PC Case 213
Anonymous Coward writes "Ryan du Bois, from genbukan security (aka red0x), has created a chassis intrusion detection system for your computer box: the actual physical case. He also wrote a paper describing three separate implementations of this CIDS system: Contacts, Pressure switchs, and a PLA (programmable microchip). Included in his paper are complete designs for the first two and a promise for the last to come soon. Definitely worth a read. The paper is available in many formats including
OpenOffice 1.0,
HTML ,
TEXT
and a Tarball of them all. You can also obtain the
signatures as well as his Automated Security Tools Project, of which this is a member."
what I learned from the movies (Score:4, Funny)
'hackers' chastity belt (Score:3, Funny)
My IDS... (Score:5, Funny)
Great intrusion detection (Score:5, Funny)
Identify intrusion by the stain on the floor.
For bonus points, replace the fake grenade with a real one.
Don't worry, Microsoft already takes care of this. (Score:1, Funny)
1) If someone breaks in and doesn't change anything inside, you don't care.
2) If someone DOES break in and change anything in the hardware configuration, Windows XP will think it is no longer running on the same computer and stop working until you contact Microsoft for a new activation key.
Re:'hackers' chastity belt (Score:3, Funny)
They cared for it, they made it beautiful, they rode it, they rode it, they rode it...
This comment on chastity belts brings back to light the much debated issue of the hacker's liaison with his computer. He cares for it, makes it beautiful (case mods), sometimes prefers it naked (no case), install the latest software (XP) and then it crashes and he gets screwed, screwed, screwed...
I guess if they had porn on bikes we'd never had gotten this far.
Dear Slashdot, wot's a microswitch? (Score:1, Funny)
Actually, whenever I need a microswitch (home-made XYZ plotters, etc), I open up a case at work and pinch the 'CIDS' device. Very handy!
Re:Air pressure (Score:5, Funny)
Ah! You have issued the rallying cry of the
"It sounds interesting yet totally impractical! To arms, my brothers! Let us mod this case!"
graspee
Re:This is news? (Score:2, Funny)
I wouldn't recommend using one as a way to tamperproof your PC though. The radiation causes parity errors.
Re:This is news? (Score:3, Funny)