Re: [Libreboot] Blocking Intel ME ?

[Jay Aurabind]

On 30 January 2016 at 21:09, tech-info <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi There,
>
>> In the mean time, logging traffic to spot odd packets is a great idea.  
>> People
>> should document and publish malicious traffic from their networks.
>
> To be 100 % sure, this has to include a professional pentester who
> checks the traffic. Because methods to hide "malicious traffic" inside
> the "allowed traffic" do exist.
>
> Gerd
>
>

I read that Intel ME will not load firmware unless its signed by Intel
and that if signature verification fails, the ME core shuts down. In
that case, why dont we just make a fake firmware and force it to load
the fake one ? This way the ME core will remain shut down everytime it
boots, isnt it ?


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Thanks and Regards,
Aurabindo J