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An in-depth security review of the Intel Management Engine

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Re: An in-depth security review of the Intel Management Engine

#11

This time it's only 6th Generation Core processors and up? I thought even the older ones had pretty much the same version of ME installed, which had the previous vulnerability.

6th gen and later ME are fully different. They are Minix and x86-based, while earlier ME is ARCCompact with the ThreadX RTOS

Re: An in-depth security review of the Intel Management Engine

#14

So, will Intel be patching both the vulnerabilities and the kludges people have found to remove ME? Thus making some customers safer while maintaining systemic risk for everyone? "Asking for a friend"

Intel provides patches to vendors. Vendors provide patches to you eventually or never.

Who is my vendor if I assembled my computer myself?

Re: An in-depth security review of the Intel Management Engine

#15
post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Intel provides patches to vendors. Vendors provide patches to you eventually or never.

Who is my vendor if I assembled my computer myself?

The company who built your motherboard

Re: An in-depth security review of the Intel Management Engine

#17

Unreal. Kept scrolling and the vulnerabilities kept coming. Most annoying thing is that there isn’t even a real alternative. If I understand it right then AMD chips have pretty much the same thing?

Well, maybe AMD does at least some security reviewing on their own? /s

ARM could be a affordable alternative to x86 if that works for you.

Re: An in-depth security review of the Intel Management Engine

#18

Unreal. Kept scrolling and the vulnerabilities kept coming. Most annoying thing is that there isn’t even a real alternative. If I understand it right then AMD chips have pretty much the same thing?

Yep. "Let's put a chip in it" IoT nightmare now applies recursively to chips. Everything is insecure by design.

I am really looking forward for either ARM to displace x64 or even better RISC-V. With ARM you have many more vendors so more chance for options, and RISC-V is the ultimate in openness.

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