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    • momurdaM
      momurda
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      Isnt this 10s of millions of computers affected? I think just about every single pc and server on my network is on this list:

      6th, 7th and 8th Generation Intel Core processors
      Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 and v6 processors
      Intel Xeon Scalable processors
      Intel Xeon W processors
      Intel Atom C3000 processors
      Apollo Lake Intel Atom E3900 series
      Apollo Lake Intel Pentiums
      Celeron N and J series processors
      
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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
        last edited by

        Yeah, this is nearly everyone affected. Thank goodness for AMD and ARM.

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        • stacksofplatesS
          stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

          Yeah, this is nearly everyone affected. Thank goodness for AMD and ARM.

          AMD isn’t much better. They have PSP which is just as dangerous.

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          • dbeatoD
            dbeato @momurda
            last edited by

            @momurda said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

            Isnt this 10s of millions of computers affected? I think just about every single pc and server on my network is on this list:

            6th, 7th and 8th Generation Intel Core processors
            Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 and v6 processors
            Intel Xeon Scalable processors
            Intel Xeon W processors
            Intel Atom C3000 processors
            Apollo Lake Intel Atom E3900 series
            Apollo Lake Intel Pentiums
            Celeron N and J series processors
            

            Yes, that is correct.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
              last edited by

              @stacksofplates said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

              @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

              Yeah, this is nearly everyone affected. Thank goodness for AMD and ARM.

              AMD isn’t much better. They have PSP which is just as dangerous.

              Time to move everything to ARM.

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              • PenguinWranglerP
                PenguinWrangler @scottalanmiller
                last edited by

                @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                @stacksofplates said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                Yeah, this is nearly everyone affected. Thank goodness for AMD and ARM.

                AMD isn’t much better. They have PSP which is just as dangerous.

                Time to move everything to ARM.

                This is ARM's time to make a bold move to capture a good part of the x86 server market.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @PenguinWrangler
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                  @penguinwrangler said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                  @stacksofplates said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                  @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                  Yeah, this is nearly everyone affected. Thank goodness for AMD and ARM.

                  AMD isn’t much better. They have PSP which is just as dangerous.

                  Time to move everything to ARM.

                  This is ARM's time to make a bold move to capture a good part of the x86 server market.

                  No bold move needed, just need people to start selling ARM desktops!!

                  PenguinWranglerP travisdh1T 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 1
                  • PenguinWranglerP
                    PenguinWrangler @scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                    @penguinwrangler said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                    @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                    @stacksofplates said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                    @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                    Yeah, this is nearly everyone affected. Thank goodness for AMD and ARM.

                    AMD isn’t much better. They have PSP which is just as dangerous.

                    Time to move everything to ARM.

                    This is ARM's time to make a bold move to capture a good part of the x86 server market.

                    No bold move needed, just need people to start selling ARM desktops!!

                    I was thinking more bold business moves. There are things they could do that would really help make that happen. It would take their leadership to act boldly and take risk.

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                    • travisdh1T
                      travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                      @penguinwrangler said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                      @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                      @stacksofplates said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                      @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                      Yeah, this is nearly everyone affected. Thank goodness for AMD and ARM.

                      AMD isn’t much better. They have PSP which is just as dangerous.

                      Time to move everything to ARM.

                      This is ARM's time to make a bold move to capture a good part of the x86 server market.

                      No bold move needed, just need people to start selling ARM desktops!!

                      The ARM powered Chromebooks will take over... well, if I have my way anyway.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @travisdh1
                        last edited by

                        @travisdh1 said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                        @penguinwrangler said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                        @stacksofplates said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                        Yeah, this is nearly everyone affected. Thank goodness for AMD and ARM.

                        AMD isn’t much better. They have PSP which is just as dangerous.

                        Time to move everything to ARM.

                        This is ARM's time to make a bold move to capture a good part of the x86 server market.

                        No bold move needed, just need people to start selling ARM desktops!!

                        The ARM powered Chromebooks will take over... well, if I have my way anyway.

                        For sure. We need slightly higher powered hardware that is similar for Linux desktops, too.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @momurda
                          last edited by

                          @momurda said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                          Isnt this 10s of millions of computers affected? I think just about every single pc and server on my network is on this list:

                          6th, 7th and 8th Generation Intel Core processors
                          Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 and v6 processors
                          Intel Xeon Scalable processors
                          Intel Xeon W processors
                          Intel Atom C3000 processors
                          Apollo Lake Intel Atom E3900 series
                          Apollo Lake Intel Pentiums
                          Celeron N and J series processors
                          

                          huh, I think that means less than half my machines are on that list.

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                            @travisdh1 said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                            @penguinwrangler said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                            @stacksofplates said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                            @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                            Yeah, this is nearly everyone affected. Thank goodness for AMD and ARM.

                            AMD isn’t much better. They have PSP which is just as dangerous.

                            Time to move everything to ARM.

                            This is ARM's time to make a bold move to capture a good part of the x86 server market.

                            No bold move needed, just need people to start selling ARM desktops!!

                            The ARM powered Chromebooks will take over... well, if I have my way anyway.

                            For sure. We need slightly higher powered hardware that is similar for Linux desktops, too.

                            exactly!

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                            • travisdh1T
                              travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                              @travisdh1 said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                              @penguinwrangler said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                              @stacksofplates said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                              Yeah, this is nearly everyone affected. Thank goodness for AMD and ARM.

                              AMD isn’t much better. They have PSP which is just as dangerous.

                              Time to move everything to ARM.

                              This is ARM's time to make a bold move to capture a good part of the x86 server market.

                              No bold move needed, just need people to start selling ARM desktops!!

                              The ARM powered Chromebooks will take over... well, if I have my way anyway.

                              For sure. We need slightly higher powered hardware that is similar for Linux desktops, too.

                              Yeah, for some reason, I don't think we need those 64 core CPUs for a desktop!

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @travisdh1
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                                @travisdh1 said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                                @travisdh1 said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                                @penguinwrangler said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                                @stacksofplates said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                                Yeah, this is nearly everyone affected. Thank goodness for AMD and ARM.

                                AMD isn’t much better. They have PSP which is just as dangerous.

                                Time to move everything to ARM.

                                This is ARM's time to make a bold move to capture a good part of the x86 server market.

                                No bold move needed, just need people to start selling ARM desktops!!

                                The ARM powered Chromebooks will take over... well, if I have my way anyway.

                                For sure. We need slightly higher powered hardware that is similar for Linux desktops, too.

                                Yeah, for some reason, I don't think we need those 64 core CPUs for a desktop!

                                It's octocore, 8GB machines.

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                                • S
                                  StorageNinja Vendor @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller There are ARM servers that can do 240Gbps of network throughput for NFV. Don't think the mobile stuff is all that exists....

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                                    StorageNinja Vendor @StorageNinja
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                                    @storageninja

                                    ARM also attacking HPC.

                                    https://3s81si1s5ygj3mzby34dq6qf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Isam_bench1.png

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                                    • stacksofplatesS
                                      stacksofplates @StorageNinja
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                                      @storageninja said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                                      @storageninja

                                      ARM also attacking HPC.

                                      https://3s81si1s5ygj3mzby34dq6qf-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Isam_bench1.png

                                      HPC is an awesome use for ARM. A big thing is getting the software companies to catch up.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @StorageNinja
                                        last edited by

                                        @storageninja said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                                        @scottalanmiller There are ARM servers that can do 240Gbps of network throughput for NFV. Don't think the mobile stuff is all that exists....

                                        Right, like I keep saying, just need people to build desktops, don't need anything from ARM.

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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          Dashrender
                                          last edited by

                                          Here is a program Intel put together to tell you if you are vulnerable to this and several other security flaws they have found.

                                          https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27150

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                                            @dashrender said in Intel finds critical holes in secret Management Engine hidden in tons of desktop, server chipsets:

                                            Here is a program Intel put together to tell you if you are vulnerable to this and several other security flaws they have found.

                                            https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27150

                                            But be warned, it's written by a company known to not understand security or be concerned about its customers. So...

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