From a technology standpoint, this is very interesting. For me the bigger picture is trusting complex things. This is not new, in 1984 Ken Thompson brought up software "bugging"
http://wiki.c2.com/?TheKenThompsonHack Funny, many of my non-geek friends are surprised at my skepticism and mistrust of many things digital. -- Doug > That is a tiny capacitor that sits on your motherboard with a very thin > glue. You practically need a microscope to move one, and there are > hundreds of them on each board. So which one is it? Maybe you can just > scrape it off. > Buy there is another problem: OEM. That means an outside builder, > Supermicro perhaps built your motherboard. > And, why tell this story 3 years later? > Buy in the subject of removing it, a capacitor reads a tiny stream of > electricity and opens its hate at a determined voltage, correct? That sets > off another capacitor and so on until what exactly happens? > > On October 4, 2018, at 7:08 PM, John Hearns via Beowulf > <beowulf@beowulf.org> wrote: > > Thankyou to James Cuff for linking to The Register's article : > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/04/supermicro_bloomberg/ > On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 at 20:52, Andrew Latham <lath...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> And news directly from Supermicro >> https://www.supermicro.com/newsroom/pressreleases/2018/press181004_Bloomberg.cfm >> >> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 8:48 AM Douglas Eadline <deadl...@eadline.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies >>> >>> (limited free articles) >>> >>> First question: So who has Supermicro motherboards? >>> Second question: Where else are these devices? >>> Third question: Who else is making/inserting these kind of devices? >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Doug >>> >>> -- >>> MailScanner: Clean >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin >>> Computing >>> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >>> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> >> >> >> -- >> - Andrew "lathama" Latham - >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > -- > MailScanner: Clean > > -- Doug -- MailScanner: Clean _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
