Re:Intel patches new ME vulnerabilities
by monocasa on Sunday July 22, 2018 @05:06PM
(#17588933)
You do use it. AFAIK, the ME handles power management, legacy backwards compatibility, and all sorts of other random chipset stuff you don't necessarily want to expose to the main cores, in addition to the DRM and remote administration capabilities.
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Re:Intel patches new ME vulnerabilities
by solarkraft on Sunday July 22, 2018 @06:10PM
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But why can't I disable the remote administration capabilities?
You can. It's disabled on any non vpro system. It takes two exploits on a non vpro system to exploit the ME remotely: the first exploit running on the main cores to reenable the remote administration, and the exploits listed here for once it's enabled.