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Re:Uncorrectable freedom and security issues on x86 platform... by 1001101 on Friday March 03, 2017 @03:58PM (#13786473)
Their attempts will be just that. There's a SHA256 signature required to verify the ME code - no signature, no boot (or boot for 30 mins less commonly). They won't share the keys with just anyone.
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Re:Uncorrectable freedom and security issues on x86 platform... by zvalqoh on Friday March 03, 2017 @04:34PM (#13786873)
It's sha256?

I wonder if a Bitcoin shared mining setup could co-op some of those hashes to brute force the keys.

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