Re: About IR Receivers and security

[Egoitz A. <eg...@ra...>]

Hi!!


> El 14 oct 2017, a las 11:08, Alec Leamas <lea...@gm...> escribió:
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>> On 14/10/17 11:01, Egoitz Aurrekoetxea wrote:
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>> So as far as the kernel loaded modules... by their own, should not perform nothing in the full laptop (let’s say) than, at most, write to an unattended /dev file (socket)... I suppose all will be fine....
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> I wouldn't count on that. With a supported remote, at least some user-space apps picks up the decoded events and acts on them, basically as they came through the regular keyboard. This is not related to lirc, just the standard kernel.
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> You could easily test using gnome-terminal, and probably many other tools

You mean for instance, Gnome terminal reads the IR socket?. And what does with it?. Uses input as from a keyboard came?. Can then do a rm -Rf??

Without configuring anything in Gnome terminal? Just by default?.

And, by the way... I have read some IR devices can work from long distances, instead of just one meter or so... you mean you could receive then, from a long distance some signal causing Gnome terminal to launch a rm -Rf or worst??. Wow that’s a real problem then....

You meant this Alec?

Thanks a lot!
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> Cheers!
> --alec
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