[tor-relays] Exploiting firmware (was: Unwarranted discrimination of relays with dynamic IP)

[Gumby]

   Subject seems to have changed a bit, so not hijacking it.
When thinking of any exploitation of firmware - should there be concerns 
of Intel's Management Engine in the CPU of any relays
  running on "home hardware" in any common unused pc or laptop?
Should that be a concern on ANY newer Intel hardware?

Gumby

On 12/07/2016 02:35 PM, diffusae wrote:
>
> On 07.12.2016 01:36, Duncan Guthrie wrote:
>> if some flaw was exploited in the various nasty proprietary bits that
>> make up the Pi, much of the network might be compromised - due to large
>> similarities across the different models, this would affect considerable
>> numbers of devices. So using many different computer models with a large
>> variety of operating systems is ideal for the network as a whole.
>
> Yes, there proprietary parts in the firmware, but also this firmware is
> free and open source. And there are a lot of people who keep care on it.
>
> It's especially very easy to rewrite the boot partition.
>
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