[coreboot] Disabling Intel ME 11 via undocumented mode

Taiidan at gmx.com Taiidan at gmx.com
Wed Aug 30 06:00:17 CEST 2017


I can't download the .pdf file for some reason (maybe the tla's got to it?)
http://fm.csl.sri.com/LAW/2009/dobry-law09-HAP-Challenges.pdf
can someone send it to me?
Thanks


Thoughts:
Sad this is still not an actual method of disablement, but it doesn't 
really matter as anyone who buys *new* x86 hardware is still supporting 
wintel's development of newer and better anti-features, DRM and 
surveillance technology - one that can't even be me-cleaner/hap/etc 
nerfed will be released some day. I wish people spent their energy 
popularizing owner controlled arches instead of beating a dead horse.

While IBM also makes surveillance tech they make POWER which as the last 
performance owner controlled arch that sells for attainable prices goes 
a long way to offset that. Heres to hoping IBM starts selling POWER 
workstations...

I find it hard to believe that the NSA uses made in china intel stuff 
with ME chips present for their high security stuff (hap nerfed or not), 
I imagine top secret things are done on POWER (which has a USA cpu fab 
and no black boxes).



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