Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

What security features do P3/P4/PM systems lack? I only know that the Intel
ME was introduced with early Core 2 systems and that is well known to have
security issues. Today people spend extra money for a system where you can
disable the ME in the UEFI though it is only disabled by a setting then and
can be re-enabled any time. I would prefer a computer without Intel ME.

Am Mi., 13. Apr. 2022 um 21:11 Uhr schrieb Michael Stone <[email protected]
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> On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 08:18:30PM +0200, Levis Yarema wrote:
> >What about Spectre /Meltdown? P3/P4/Pentium M systems don´t have that?
> Core 2
> >systems to my knowledge can.
>
> There's no reason to believe netburst systems are not affected by any of
> the cpu issues identified in the past few years, but they are obsolete
> and unsupported so nobody is making official statements about them.
> These systems also lack a number of security features present in modern
> CPUs; picking an ancient chip for "security reasons" is likely
> misguided. Also, in the context of this thread, note that the most
> recent Core 2 processor was released in 2010.
>
>