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Re: Destroying PCs remotely?


From: "Donnie Weiner" <s2_pi_di_ty () hotmail com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 21:09:34 +0000

If i recall " Monkey-B" could destroy a mfm drive by smashing the
heads to thier physical stops repeadly, it wasa debug command i
belive.  i could be wrong of course...

Doesn't make sense :-\ Do you know what debug is? Also I didnt find any information like that relating to monkey*.


From: "morning_wood" <se_cur_ity () hotmail com>
To: André Luís Quintaes Guimarães <andreq () infolink com br>, "Steve Wray" <steve.wray () paradise net nz>, <John.Airey () rnib org uk>, <full-disclosure () lists netsys com>
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Destroying PCs remotely?
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 15:52:16 -0700

im sure a "trojan" heaven forrbid i said a bad word, has the ability
to set resolutions remotely, overdriving the monitor.
If i recall " Monkey-B" could destroy a mfm drive by smashing the
heads to thier physical stops repeadly, it wasa debug command i
belive.  i could be wrong of course...

wood
http://exploitlabs.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "André Luís Quintaes Guimarães" <andreq () infolink com br>
To: "Steve Wray" <steve.wray () paradise net nz>;
<John.Airey () rnib org uk>; <full-disclosure () lists netsys com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Destroying PCs remotely?


> Hmm, since kid I always thought interesting the idea of using apm to
> repeatedly turn on and off monitors and hard drives until they burn.
Off
> course nowadays it would be kinda hard to suceed.
> I dont have much knoledge of the apm workings,any one knows if that
would be
> possible?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Wray" <steve.wray () paradise net nz>
> To: <John.Airey () rnib org uk>; <full-disclosure () lists netsys com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 5:18 PM
> Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Destroying PCs remotely?
>
>
> > Interesting topic though, is it possible to
> > *destroy* computers remotely at all?
> > Destroy the hardware, that is.
> >
> > In the case of a rack *full* of Dell servers,
> > I imagine that turning all the fans on full
> > power would generate enough thrust to push
> > the whole thing across the machine room floor...
> > :)
>
>
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