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by jannic 4131 days ago
"Connect the attacker machine (host) and the victim (target) with a FireWire cable"

What keeps the target from starting an inception attack on the host?

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Any of the things in the "Attack mitigation" section.
Not loading the firewire driver is not an option, as the attack needs the driver.

I guess loading the driver with DMA disabled would be a good option, as I don't think the attack needs DMA on the host side. Not sure, though, after skimming over the documentation.