Ha! that is a pretty accurate description of how things work in my world. -- Doug
> Doug, you are Johnny English and I claim my five pounds. > https://youtu.be/-Qv6p6pTz5I > > The plot is that all HEr Majestys agents have been compromised as they > use digital devices. > Johnny English (aka Doug Eadline) must be brought out of retirement > due to using only analogue. > The lovelt red Aston Martin belongs to Rowan Atkinson, ad is chosen as > it has no digital ignition or ECU. > > > On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 at 13:23, Douglas Eadline <deadl...@eadline.org> wrote: >> >> >> 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 > > -- > 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
