On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 6:38 PM, pixel fairy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 3:54:03 AM UTC-8, Oleg Artemiev wrote:
>> I've heared that new intel mother boards  will have (or already have)
>> ability to access jtag interface via USB.
> yes, skylake and kabylake processors. heres the ccc talk on it.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JCUrG7ERIE
thanks! Started listening - got basics, 'll continue later. Very intersting . :)

>> Does this mean that USB qube is now useless as a security border on
>> such a mother board?
> only if the manufacturer has it enabled. the only vendor who got back to me 
> (and knew what i was talking about) when i asked was system76 to confirm that 
> it is disabled on their lemur series.
> puri.sm was aware, but doesnt have any hardware out using those chips.
So finally it is a question of trusting the vendor (and their public
relations personnel who may think that those capabilities are not
really disabled.

Shouldn't these CPUs and motherboards be specially noted as dangerous
in qubes HCL?

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