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Expand Up @@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Intel publishes general information on firmware in their developer portal:
<https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/topic-technology/firmware/overview.html>
Note that the public information mainly focuses on host processor firmware.

There is also documentation on what the Intel Management engine and e.g. its
NVM (Non-Volatile Memory, just a flash partition) are for, on a higher level:
- [AMT Storage Administration and Operations (Gen 2 ME)](https://software.intel.com/sites/manageability/AMT_Implementation_and_Reference_Guide/default.htm?turl=WordDocuments%2Fdetaileddescription9.htm)

## Other projects

- [`me_cleaner` wiki](https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/wiki/)
Expand All @@ -22,6 +26,15 @@ Note that the public information mainly focuses on host processor firmware.
- [IFD](https://github.com/LongSoft/UEFITool/blob/new_engine/common/descriptor.h)
- [ME parser](https://github.com/LongSoft/UEFITool/blob/new_engine/common/meparser.cpp)
- [FIT parser](https://github.com/LongSoft/UEFITool/blob/new_engine/common/fitparser.cpp)
- OpenSecurityTraining2 courses
- [Architecture 4001: x86-64 Intel Firmware Attack & Defense](https://p.ost2.fyi/courses/course-v1:OpenSecurityTraining2+Arch4001_x86-64_RVF+2021_v1/about)
- [Hardware 1101: Intel SPI Analysis](https://p.ost2.fyi/courses/course-v1:OpenSecurityTraining2+hw1101_intel_spi+2023_v1/about)

## Research

Many researchers have looked into the Intel Management Engine over the years and
presented on their findings:

- Positive Technologies research
- [TXE MFS exploit PoC](https://github.com/ptresearch/IntelTXE-PoC)
- [ME disablement](https://github.com/ptresearch/me-disablement)
Expand All @@ -31,12 +44,6 @@ Note that the public information mainly focuses on host processor firmware.
- [xvilka's attempts with r2](http://xvilka.me/h2hc2014-reversing-firmware-radare-slides.pdf)
- [community wiki of people who wanted custom ME firmware](https://web.archive.org/web/20170930114403/http://me.bios.io/Main_Page)
- [analysis of ME v6-10 Huffman algorithm](https://web.archive.org/web/20160428074432/https://io.netgarage.org/me/)

## Research

Many researchers have looked into the Intel Management Engine over the years and
presented on their findings:

- <https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-8762-inside_intel_management_engine>
- <https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10694-intel_management_engine_deep_dive>

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