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Disable intel management engine on the latest affected Intel platform

Started bypiruthiviraj natarajan <piruthiviraj@gmail.com>
First post2017-12-01 18:30 +0100
Last post2017-12-02 23:20 +0100
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  Disable intel management engine on the latest affected Intel platform piruthiviraj natarajan <piruthiviraj@gmail.com> - 2017-12-01 18:30 +0100
    Re: Disable intel management engine on the latest affected Intel  platform Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-12-02 23:20 +0100

#59528 — Disable intel management engine on the latest affected Intel platform

Frompiruthiviraj natarajan <piruthiviraj@gmail.com>
Date2017-12-01 18:30 +0100
SubjectDisable intel management engine on the latest affected Intel platform
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I see that system 76 disables intel management engine for a potential
security breach.
Does Debian has any plans similar to this?

http://blog.system76.com/post/168050597573/system76-me-firmware-updates-plan

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#59534 — Re: Disable intel management engine on the latest affected Intel platform

FromBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date2017-12-02 23:20 +0100
SubjectRe: Disable intel management engine on the latest affected Intel platform
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On Fri, 2017-12-01 at 09:26 -0800, piruthiviraj natarajan wrote:
> I see that system 76 disables intel management engine for a potential
> security breach.
> Does Debian has any plans similar to this?
> 
> http://blog.system76.com/post/168050597573/system76-me-firmware-updates-plan

That's not something the operating system can or should do.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
When in doubt, use brute force. - Ken Thompson

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