usb-blam.txt

`I discovered rather inadvertently that laptops do not enjoy having their USB  
VCC shorted to GND one bit. It is a sure DoS, in fact if the machine has a  
stupid power supply, it could result in permanent damage. It is kind of scary  
for kiosk machines like the those ubiquitous Kodak photo centers.  
  
I give you, the usb pwner. It could even hide inside a legitimate stick:  
  
USB Pwner schematic  
  
VCC ------------  
D+ ---(nc) |  
D ---(nc) |  
GND ------------  
  
--   
Todd Troxell  
http://rapidpacket.com/~xtat  
  
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