Disabling Intel ME

This repository contains slides for the talk given at the PHDays VI conference in Moscow:

http://www.phdays.com/program/51879/

Contents

  • ME: what is it?
  • Why you might want to disable it?
  • Intel ME vs. Intel AMT vs. Intel vPro
  • ME structural block scheme and evolution
  • Disable #1: DRAM_INIT_DONE
  • Disable #2: flash region update facilitation mechanisms
  • Disable #3: soft temporary disable
  • Disable #4: ME runtime disable
  • Disable #5: Disruption of the ME access path to UMA
  • Disable #6: Corruption of ME flash region
  • ME is not working, really?
  • ME disable myths

Demo

ME disablement demo video.