Re: Disable intel management engine

From	Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Re: Disable intel management engine
Date	2017-12-07 20:40 +0100
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On Fri, 2017-12-01 at 09:22 -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

System76 manages the hardware and firmware of their machines. Debian is a
distribution, we have no control over what machine our users uses. Disabling
the management using (using the HAP bit) is not something which can be
attempted  without deep knowledge of the machine it runs on.

So the short answer would be no, because we can't.

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis

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Disable intel management engine piruthiviraj natarajan <piruthiviraj@gmail.com> - 2017-12-01 18:40 +0100
  Re: Disable intel management engine Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> - 2017-12-07 20:40 +0100

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