That Minix-based embedded operating system that Intel CPUs all have is a huge attack surface that can be attacked by anyone capable of sending network packets to the machine, it cannot be protected by the operating system’s firewall, the public cannot audit its code, and it doesn’t receive security updates if your motherboard is more than a few years old. Quite frankly, I find it terrifying and refuse to buy Intel because of it.
AMD’s equivalent does not have a network stack. There is no way to attack it unless the attacker already has ring 0 or there is a vulnerability in the driver for it, and you can protect yourself from the latter by disabling or not loading a driver for it.
That you own your PC
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Your PC or your OS?
I’d say your PC if you use certain OSs
I’m gonna guess you’re a Windows user :D
Not exactly :P
You may not be a Linux user, but everyone is a Minix user!
Only if your CPU is Intel.
That Minix-based embedded operating system that Intel CPUs all have is a huge attack surface that can be attacked by anyone capable of sending network packets to the machine, it cannot be protected by the operating system’s firewall, the public cannot audit its code, and it doesn’t receive security updates if your motherboard is more than a few years old. Quite frankly, I find it terrifying and refuse to buy Intel because of it.
The most recent stable release of Minix was published in 2014
I believe AMD has their own equivalent.
AMD’s equivalent does not have a network stack. There is no way to attack it unless the attacker already has ring 0 or there is a vulnerability in the driver for it, and you can protect yourself from the latter by disabling or not loading a driver for it.
Thanks for clarifying, I will definitely be buying AMD from now on.
Open source OS Gang!