Re: [avrdude-dev] Windows docs

[Joerg Wunsch]

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.

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J"org Wunsch                                           Unix support engineer
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