Might have been included on the USB subsystem and not connected.  You could
look up the schematics or observe the circuit boards and chips.

On Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 16:33 Radoslaw Skorupka <[email protected]>
wrote:

> As many of us know HMC reports all external devices connected via USB -
> mice, keyboards, pendrives, etc.
> That's good from security point of view.
> However I noticed some HMC (2.15) report *non-existent* device. Yes, I
> checked it thoroughly. Imagine pizza-box HMC machine and all the cables
> and ports clearly visible. No place to hidden plug or USB hub. However
> the HMC reports Gemalto SmartCard Reader.
> SmartCard reader is typical equipment of TKE, but not HMC. And it is
> *not connected* externally. And I strongly doubt it could be connected
> internally - 1U chassis cannot contain SmartCard reader hidden inside.
> Yes, I'm pretty sure the HMC reports that device - I restarted HMC and
> observed all the messages. There is absolutely no way someone
> plugged/unplugged it during the process.
>
> Any clue?
>
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> Radoslaw Skorupka
> Lodz, Poland
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