[Info-vax] HDD Storage Firmware (Was: Re: Main cabinet fault indicator on an MSA1000)

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2018-08-29 21:10:01 +0000, Stephen Hoffman said:

> I don't see VSI working in this area over the next decade, it's all 
> just something we're all going to have to deal with.  Or that many 
> folks are simply going to ignore.
> 
> Again, this is not a trivial problem for an operating system vendor to 
> solve.  Far from it.

Then there's that finding and booting the Windows box and whatever 
hardware swappage is required is going to be slow, and we're only going 
to be seeing the need to more rapidly apply firmware updates being 
needed more quickly.  Which means we're going to be automating that 
Windows boot sequence, or we're going to be down-revision.  From just 
today...  
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researchers-detail-two-new-attacks-on-tpm-chips/ 
  Much like the network security you're concerned about, the firmware 
and even the processor are now targets in play.  
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researchers-come-up-with-a-way-to-launch-rowhammer-attacks-via-network-packets/ 
  The need to apply updates more quickly is not going to go away.





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