[coreboot] Disabling Intel ME 11 via undocumented mode

[Timothy Pearson]

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On 08/29/2017 11:00 PM, Taiidan at gmx.com wrote:
> 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...

POWER9 workstations are already coming on the market:

https://raptorcs.com/TALOSII/

Note that IBM selling similar machines directly would likely be more
expensive, not less, based on POWER8 price comparisons between IBM and
other vendors.  People purchase IBM branded products for extreme
reliability, not to get cheap equipment...

> 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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Timothy Pearson
Raptor Engineering
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