[A83] Re: microcode

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Subject: [A83] Re: microcode
From: "Jimmy Pardey" <j_pardey@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 15:48:18 -0700
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Simple. A disk drive connected to the CPU (and only the CPU), and mail in 
upgrades. Verification by intel through phone, e-mail, internet, and about 
fifty other mediums would be pretty secure


>From: Olle Hedman <alh@home.se>
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>At 20:51 2001-09-18, you wrote:
> >I didn't know about this new capability of new Intel processors. Sounds
> >very interesting.
> >Will see if I can find some more info on it.
> >///Olle
>
>After some searching on the Intel pages I have found nothing about this.
>Someone (maybe the one claiming it to be so) could provide some links to
>more information?
>about the update.. If I designed any such system, I think I would do it in
>cooperation with the chipset, and with some advanced crypto signing. with a
>public key in the chipset, to verify that the update is made and signed by
>me (intel) before updating the processor maybe. (with the private key
>printed on paper and locked in a big safe or something) Have never claimed
>to be an expert though, probably is some really smart way to do it pretty
>securely... :)
>
>///Olle
>
>
>


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