<story><title>Two amusing side channel attacks</title><url>http://syhw.posterous.com/two-amusing-side-channel-attacks</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jws</author><text>Before you go shorting a USB port to &quot;blow its specific fuse&quot; you might look at the motherboard closely. Given that you can save money by omitting them, you&apos;ll find some motherboards do just that. There are also thermal based, self resetting fuses, so the port could come back.&lt;p&gt;If it&apos;s that important, fill the hole with epoxy. Thicken it to a peanut butter consistency so it doesn&apos;t run all over.</text></comment>
<story><title>Two amusing side channel attacks</title><url>http://syhw.posterous.com/two-amusing-side-channel-attacks</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jws</author><text>I&apos;m missing something here. If you collect data up to 48kHz, then there are still 100,000 or so instructions occurring in each sample. Getting from there to breaking RSA should have some explaining.</text></comment>