... can we talk about the fact that it has a copyright year of 2003??? Sure, I totally believe there aren't a billion known vulnerabilities in that OOB management chip's code... the damn thing is old enough to vote!
No, virtually nothing made 18 years ago is secure. In fact virtually nothing made a day ago is secure, but when something has been sitting around stagnating for 18 years that means the world has had ~6575x as many opportunities to find a vulnerability.
wmf|4 years ago
kristopolous|4 years ago
Many chips have been stable for decades without any serious modification with today's version being effectively identical to those of 25 years ago.
It's not defacto secure, but age is not a reliable indicator without more information
jfrunyon|4 years ago
No, virtually nothing made 18 years ago is secure. In fact virtually nothing made a day ago is secure, but when something has been sitting around stagnating for 18 years that means the world has had ~6575x as many opportunities to find a vulnerability.