El sáb, 23-01-2016 a las 22:23 +1100, Damien Zammit escribió: > Hi Daniel, > > You can't block the packets sent from the ME using a firewall on the > same machine where the ME hardware is located.
Agree, we are in the same thoughts :) We talk about bios level code, so anything over it (operative system, driver/modules and its software) could be tainted. So anything usefull in order to block this should came from other machine (bios/o.s./software :) > This is because it is using your ethernet card out-of-band to your OS. > So all packets sneak through the hardware undetected. yep, also with the computer powered off!!! :S have you seen your ethernet card led blinking with your computer turned off? there is a firmware that does it! > > But you can put a firewall on a router externally to block ME packets > escaping your network if you know where they come from. that was the idea, maybe i didnt explain myself propperly. > > Regards, > Damien >
