In case you missed it: https://www.tenable.com/blog/rediscovering-the-intel-amt-vulnerability
On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 8:10 AM, Peter Stuge <pe...@stuge.se> wrote: > First, thanks to everyone who is working hard to maintain a good tone > on the list. I certainly appreciate that. > > While the ME and that it may have issues ;) is not so big news for many > in this community, this is an important news story for IT in general, > as it furthers the goal of platform and firmware openness. > > > Sometimes I disagree strongly with Ron, but I think he makes a good > point here: > > ron minnich wrote: > > I realize feelings are strong about these issues, but calling > > people and projects "corrupt" is unacceptable and, in my view > > anyway, I'd like people who say such things to find another > > project. I watched the Plan 9 mailling list get destroyed by a few > > bad actors and I don't want to see that happen here. > > I don't think saying "corrupt" is neccessarily taboo, but the word > needs to be used carefully, or you may just end up poisoning the > community - *that* is unacceptable. > > I would like to take this opportunity to ask a favor of everyone > in this community: Don't allow words to poison you too easily. Stay > strong. I found this graphic very helpful: > > http://www.netbooknews.com/wp-content/2011/07/the-pyramid- > of-debate-550x417.jpg > > Don't fall down the pyramid, and don't let anyone else pull you down. > > > It's easy to claim that someone else does the wrong<tm> thing even > with good intentions, but you can extrapolate that someone is doing > wrong<tm>, just because they seem to have good intentions. > > And keep in mind that while everyone in the coreboot community seeks > open firmware more or less actively, some seek even more open platforms > than others. > > As long as someone is investing in improving the firmware status quo, > that is a good thing for all of us, even if the road becomes somewhat > longer than we may like. It's not for me to say what someone else > spends their time developing. I can disagree, and tell them, as they > can with me, but I can't expect them to care. > > > My personal attitude to Librem as far as an open laptop platform goes > is that it's too little too late, but that that's not really through > any fault of Puri.sm. > > Sure, I was disappointed by early communication with the company about > the difficulties of the task they had set for themselves, and I agree > that they have been underestimating the problem. I am guilty of that > too at times. The question is what we do to better ourselves. > > Like Ron, I think it's great that Youness is joining the coreboot > community! :) > > > //Peter > > -- > coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org > https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot > -- Tech III * AppControl * Endpoint Protection * Server Maintenance Buncombe County Schools Technology Department Network Group ComicSans Awareness Campaign <http://comicsanscriminal.com>
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