29 Jul
2015
29 Jul
'15
8:44 a.m.
On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Sean Lynch <seanl@literati.org> wrote:
On the other hand, I also seriously doubt Intel CPUs are backdoored
Even if they're not physically backdoored with handy extra gates, they seem logically backdoorable by demanding the signing keys needed for loading microcode (Intel/AMD) and AMT firmware (Intel, don't plug your "LM" series NIC into the WAN.) http://inertiawar.com/microcode/ https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Microcode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Technology http://invisiblethingslab.com/resources/bh09dc/Attacking%20Intel%20TXT%20-%2... http://invisiblethingslab.com/resources/bh09dc/Attacking%20Intel%20TXT%20-%2...