Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:52:49 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_M=2E_Fandi=F1o?= <freebsd4@fadesa.es> Subject: Re: atheros chips dangerous? Message-ID: <50306.1155293569@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:28:43 %2B0100." <20060811112511.T45647@fledge.watson.org>
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In message <20060811112511.T45647@fledge.watson.org>, Robert Watson writes: >Something worth observing here is that many modern device drivers, especially >more complex cards with significant offload of functionality to the card, have >closed source components [...] Not to mention regulatory requirements that the hardware not be configured in certain parts of spectrum or power levels. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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