-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/29/2017 02:57 PM, Leah Rowe wrote: > > > On 29/08/17 19:15, Timothy Pearson wrote: >> On 08/29/2017 06:10 AM, Rene Shuster wrote: >>> Wow. > >> My favorite part is where the NSA itself basically admits that the >> ME can't be trusted! I wonder if they are looking at other >> architectures or if this HAP bit was enough for their needs? > > > > So is this completely disabled, and not just "neutralized"? >
No, it's just neutralised. The kernel, etc. are still required to boot the platform, it's just that the higher level userspace components are disabled at runtime. So, if a flaw is found in the kernel, etc. the ME remains a serious security threat. - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) https://www.raptorengineering.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJZpcrLAAoJEK+E3vEXDOFbayIH/iZuAc88srpBSorCFJI52nya wGEqUUplz/VeqcxH6ojEIT1QA6qRrXOi+G7feMNiCOa83EwVjxOfpCsx5fP6WQIH iuIYElJiAQ+GpHAozLtMujRr0E+o/W+2iDl4CmwEKeXBydBlRwe2/EnhaktMtVy7 LuHOH53dvGxW6m/8vPaulccbdJajBN7CYdkSFQ7gE+qEMZ0ryMq3JFXjEkgCp8vE cCkBDSSeVyuqar6ghf+IlLDFbLdt6FTKFmWupvL6A6Euveasq38WwGvjiUMiKGDq 5G9EjpAUGme2s4yiPdm2TAjvM8Sa5hlVLIw3tLa7YjcJMSYeKRPJz7VUhRVX7+k= =PMOh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
