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Re: [avrdude-dev] Windows docs
From: |
Joerg Wunsch |
Subject: |
Re: [avrdude-dev] Windows docs |
Date: |
Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:29:47 +0100 |
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As E. Weddington wrote:
> 3. Using the parallel port
>
> 3.1. Windows NT/2K/XP
>
> On Windows NT, 2000, and XP user applications cannot directly access the
> parallel port. However, kernel mode drivers can access the parallel port.
> giveio.sys is a driver that can allow user applications to set the state
> of the parallel port pins.
I think a security note is due here that mentions that giveio.sys (as
i understand it), once installed, will allow any user to access any IO
port. Thus it is not recommended to install it on a machine where the
users cannot be trusted.
--
J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer
address@hidden http://www.interface-systems.de/~j/