Benno“You must rotate your credentials every 60 days.”
*takes USB-C YubiKey out of slot*
*turns it upside down*
*plugs it back in*
Bai Shen@benno I'm reminded of the fact that USB C is directional so you could have a drive return different data depending on the orientation.
Valentine Briese
James Henstridge@valentinegb @baishen There's a pair of "configuration channel" pins in the connector that are in symmetric positions so they are switched when you rotate the plug 180°.
USB-C cables leave one of the configuration channel pins disconnected, which allows devices to determine cable orientation and behave accordingly. Normally the device will just use this info to swap some data channels if needed. It could instead use it to provide different behaviour though.
More details on the configuration channel here: https://medium.com/@leung.benson/usb-type-c-s-configuration-channel-31e08047677d
