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| From: | Hartmut Goebel |
| Subject: | Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Free firmware - A redefinition of the term and a new metric for it's measurement. |
| Date: | Mon, 13 Feb 2017 22:21:05 +0100 |
| User-agent: | Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 |
Am 13.02.2017 um 20:24 schrieb David Craven: > You can always choose not to apply the vendors update. Is the vendor always trustworthy? Think about vulnerabilities in e.g. router firmware from companies like Cisco and Juniper, which were undiscovered for a long time – and one can reasonably argue that these have been back-doors. Also Intel Chips include a lot of magic called "Intel Management Engine" (IME) or "Active Management Technology" [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Technology -- Regards Hartmut Goebel | Hartmut Goebel | address@hidden | | www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible |
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