Quoting Viktor Dukhovni (2013-10-22 06:50:38)
I am much more concerned about the proliferation of miniature programmable
computers inside our computers (CPUs and programmable firmware in disk
controllers, battery controllers, BMC controllers, with opaque binary firmware
update blobs, and complex supply chains) that about secp256r1 vs secp521r1.
We thought embedded devices were for physical infrastructure
engineers to worry about, but now they are proliferating inside
our general purpose computers. The next Stuxnet will run on one
of the invisible computers inside your computer.
E.g.:
Dragos Ruiu: More on my ongoing chase of #badBIOS malware.
https://plus.google.com/103470457057356043365/posts/9fyh5R9v2Ga
#badBIOS on G+
https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/%23badBIOS
#BADBIOS (AND LOTSA PARANOIA, PLUS FIREWORKS)
http://kabelmast.wordpress.com/2013/10/23/badbios-and-lotsa-paranoia-plus-fireworks/
Persistent BIOS malware with hypervisor and SDR found
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=354463
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