Sanity check time- Firmware exploits as new vector for cyberattack?

[Luke -Jr]

On Wednesday 21 May 2008, Billy Crook wrote:
> If you're worried about remote firmware updating, look up redboot, and
> quiver at the thought of all the network attached hardware that uses
> it or something similar.

RedBoot is easily configured to not connect to a network. Usually this is the 
factory config. On the other hand, recent La Foneras appear to come with a 5 
sec boot wait ;)