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Re:Neutralize ME Firmware on SandyBridge and IvyBridge Platf... by therein on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @01:34AM (#13061311)
# echo "1" > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq

# echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger

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Re:Neutralize ME Firmware on SandyBridge and IvyBridge Platf... by tscs37 on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @05:00AM (#13062049)
# rm -rf /*

edit: there was a star but HN formatting ate it

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Re:Neutralize ME Firmware on SandyBridge and IvyBridge Platf... by sounds on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @10:08AM (#13063445)
Exactly. In modeling the threat that the ME poses to a libre system, the ideal would be to have it "gone," such that it will never activate regardless of what is in the BIOS flash.

That's not possible, but the next best thing is to have it never activate unless major changes are made to the BIOS flash, and those changes should be very visible.

Your computer suddenly reboots: very visible.

The flash partition table and/or BIOS suddenly change: very visible.

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