Loaded Glove wrote:
Wow that is some great info and very helpful work you do at the forum! Thanks very much for the info and resources.
You're welcome.
Loaded Glove wrote:
I read through some of the threads and I have just 1 concern. You said rolling back the me firmware was very difficult and I am wondering what is the worst that could happen when updating this firmware? Destabilize the system? Brick the board?
I am willing to do the updates, but before I begin I just want to be aware of any risks people may have encountered.
From my point of view, any risks is so low in relation to security breaches that Intel ME firmware updates can be found in your product's support site when your product it is not EoL (it's up to OEMs to distribute the Intel ME firmware and not to Intel) :
They are also included in your BIOS updates (which in the both cases are generally older than what is offered in my threads).
If Intel ME firmware rollback is prohibited by Intel, it is because Intel ME firmware updates mainly fix security issues/flaws (you can check if your system is vulnerable through this tool before updating : [SOFTWARE] Intel ME Security Check (1xx/2xx/3xx/4xx/5xx)).
Note : If the Intel ME firmware contained in a new BIOS is older than the one you have, the current one you have will remain in place.
Loaded Glove wrote:
Wow that is some great info and very helpful work you do at the forum! Thanks very much for the info and resources.
You're welcome.
Loaded Glove wrote:
I read through some of the threads and I have just 1 concern. You said rolling back the me firmware was very difficult and I am wondering what is the worst that could happen when updating this firmware? Destabilize the system? Brick the board?
I am willing to do the updates, but before I begin I just want to be aware of any risks people may have encountered.
From my point of view, any risks is so low compared to severity of security breaches that Intel ME firmware updates can be found in your product's support site when your product it is not EoL (it's up to OEMs to distribute the Intel ME firmware and not to Intel) :
They are also included in your BIOS updates (which in the both cases are generally older than what is offered in my threads).
If Intel ME firmware rollback is prohibited by Intel, it is because Intel ME firmware updates mainly fix security issues/flaws (you can check if your system is vulnerable through this tool before/after updating : [SOFTWARE] Intel ME Security Check (1xx/2xx/3xx/4xx/5xx)).
Note : If the Intel ME firmware contained in a new BIOS is older than the one you have, the current one you have will remain in place.
Loaded Glove wrote:
Wow that is some great info and very helpful work you do at the forum! Thanks very much for the info and resources.
You're welcome.
Loaded Glove wrote:
I read through some of the threads and I have just 1 concern. You said rolling back the me firmware was very difficult and I am wondering what is the worst that could happen when updating this firmware? Destabilize the system? Brick the board?
I am willing to do the updates, but before I begin I just want to be aware of any risks people may have encountered.
From my point of view, any risks is so low compared to severity of security breaches that Intel ME firmware updates can be found in your product's support site when your product it is not EoL (it's up to OEMs to distribute the Intel ME firmware and not to Intel) :
They are also included in your BIOS updates (which in the both cases are generally older than what is offered in my threads).
If Intel ME firmware rollback is prohibited by Intel, it is because Intel ME firmware updates mainly fix security issues/flaws (you can check if your system is vulnerable through this tool before/after updating : [SOFTWARE] Intel ME Security Check (1xx/2xx/3xx/4xx/5xx)).
Note : If the Intel ME firmware contained in a new BIOS is older than the one you have, the current one you have will remain in place.
