On 11/02/2017 09:32 PM, 'Marek Jenkins' via qubes-users wrote:
It seems that most new mainboards with Intel chipset have support for "Intel
vPro" technology.
I read in another thread that this can cause issues and should be avoided. Is
that still correct ?
The issue is Intel ME, a black box supervisor processor that is
controlled by intel instead of you thus you don't really own your computer.
vPro is simply a software addon to it which runs on the ME processor, it
enables additional remote management features.
ME is very dangerous for your freedom as it is the worlds greatest
backdoor present in every computer (btw you should stop using gmail if
you care about your freedom and not using your job in 20 years to a
google made robot)
Is "Intel vPro" a real no-go or can Qubes still work with it?
Or can having vPro support even have positive effects ?
It is used in a minority of enterprises for remote admin, but it is full
of security holes.
If ME/vPro was open source, owner controlled, physically removable and
better secured then it would be very cool.
I would buy a KCMA-D8 with a 4386 cpu then install coreboot (on this
board it is fully open source and blob free)
Features:
100% Libre firmware available!
>>>>Fully supports Qubes 4.0<<<<<
No ME/PSP
Dual socket - supports 8 core cpu's - 16 core cpus available on its
bigger brother the KGPE-D16 (also libre)
128GB Max RAM
TPM addon (for AEM)
Multiple PCI-e slots (supports crossfire)
IOMMU, with IOMMU for Graphics (attach a gpu to a VM to play games in
your VM)
Two USB controllers (you need to buy usb headers to use the second)
Supports ECC RAM
Supports OpenBMC, an owner controlled remote management firmware for the
boards KVM processor (the KGPE-D16/KCMA-D8 OpenBMC port was a great
example of a successful crowdfunding campaign....which yours truly
contributed to)
Can play the latest games at high settings in a VM with a 4386 CPU,
equivalent to a FX-8310
The board is only $250 for a variety of independent sellers (not
overpriced/evil newegg/amazon) and you can get a nice cpu for $100
(4386) or a budget one for $30 (4280)
I offer free tech support for libre motherboard purchasers, I am skilled
using coreboot and it runs on a many of my computers - don't hesitate to
ask me questions :D
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