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Re:The hijacking flaw that lurked in Intel chips is worse th... by ars on Sunday May 07, 2017 @01:18AM (#14283982)
I quote: "When AMT is enabled, all network packets are redirected to the Intel Management Engine"
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Re:The hijacking flaw that lurked in Intel chips is worse th... by jgaa on Sunday May 07, 2017 @03:11AM (#14284277)
As far as I know, it's only doing this for the primary (on-chip) network interface. /Never/ use the primary NIC if you have a Intel CPU.
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Re:The hijacking flaw that lurked in Intel chips is worse th... by lima on Sunday May 07, 2017 @03:14AM (#14284285)
Which is wrong, by the way. What actually happens is that a filter is installed on the NIC that redirects some packets (those addressed to the ME).
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