Re:Intel platforms from 2008 onwards have a remotely exploit...
by wmf on Monday May 01, 2017 @03:49PM
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Just get a computer that doesn't have vPro.
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Re:Intel platforms from 2008 onwards have a remotely exploit...
by deathanatos on Monday May 01, 2017 @05:33PM
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That disqualifies a lot of otherwise really good hardware. My current Thinkpad, for example, and all current MBPs, I believe. Some manufacturers also aren't very clear about the exact hardware in their machines, either. (For example, Apple doesn't list the exact CPU on their tech specs page, only the somewhat vague "2.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.4GHz, with 4MB shared L3 cache". That might be unambiguous enough to map back to an actual piece of hardware, but it's still a considerable amount of work to do so.)
Re:Intel platforms from 2008 onwards have a remotely exploit...
by i336_ on Monday May 01, 2017 @09:06PM
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I was curious how much work it would be, so headed to ark.intel.com.
The filter for "Max Turbo Frequency" seems to be broken, BUT searching for "Cache: '4MB L3 SmartCache'" (which I assume means shared!) finds quite a number of results: http://ark.intel.com/Search/FeatureFilter?productType=proces...
The list is column-sortable by Max Turbo Frequency, and there are just 4 results in the 3.40GHz range:
- http://ark.intel.com/products/91169/Intel-Core-i7-6660U-Proc... - the only result with a Processor Base Frequency of 2.4GHz
- http://ark.intel.com/products/91497/Intel-Core-i7-6650U-Proc...
- http://ark.intel.com/products/88192/Intel-Core-i7-6600U-Proc...
- http://ark.intel.com/products/52231/Intel-Core-i7-2620M-Proc...