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Specs:
- Intel Alder Lake N100 4 Core / 4 Thread Processor (up to 3.4GHz)
- Integrated Intel UHD Graphics
- 12GB LPDDR5 Memory
- 256GB M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive
- Wi-Fi 5 + Bluetooth 4.2
- Windows 11 Pro
- Ports:
- 2x 1.0Gbps RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet Port
- 3x USB3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port
- 3x HDMI 2.0
- 1x 3.5mm Audio Jack
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I don't understand how people can be like, "Oh, yeah, the vendor is consciously preloading the thing with malware, but, just wipe it and reinstall! It's good hardware for the price!"
We used to boycott laptop manufacturers for lesser offenses than that.
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Many manufacturers have their pre-boot loader lased with instructiuons to download malware or ransom ware from an ip. That is the reason why these are banned in many countries.
Formatting HDD will not help as their firmware is laced with malware.
There has never been malware found in the UEFI partition.
You're taking something that was a proof of concept and blowing it out of proportion.
UEFI and Windows are actually very secure by default in that they now require a specific module to even boot. And there's no way around that without additional user intervention to deliberately disable it.
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Also, most aren't very quiet due the processor laboring to keep up and the little fans needing high speeds. The fanless ones are amazing but also noticeably slower. These N100s are best for enthusiast applications, labs, home servers, firewalls, Linux terminals. IMHO.
The specs are perfect for day to day computing, assuming you just need something that can browse the internet and watch videos.
It may struggle with very large Excel files, won't play high demand games (though playing older titles from several generations ago may run at minimal graphics settings and some emulators will work), or run Adobe suite very well.
Also, most aren't very quiet due the processor laboring to keep up and the little fans needing high speeds. The fanless ones are amazing but also noticeably slower. These N100s are best for enthusiast applications, labs, home servers, firewalls, Linux terminals. IMHO.
I believe it uses a Realtek NIC, so it should actually be avoided for networking purposes. All of the primary router OSes handle Intel chipsets a lot better.
I'd go with an ARM based system before touching an x86 with Realtek. Better hardware support and far less power usage.
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I don't understand how people can be like, "Oh, yeah, the vendor is consciously preloading the thing with malware, but, just wipe it and reinstall! It's good hardware for the price!"
We used to boycott laptop manufacturers for lesser offenses than that.
The same thing can happen when an end user downloads a custom Windows ISO instead of getting it directly from Microsoft.
It was also an isolated incident of only a handful of production runs.
And granted, that's not a good look, but it's also far less egregious than the time Sony was purposely stamping rootkits on their CDs.
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You reuse preinstalled device drivers? That is a notorious method of delivering malware. Plus, older drivers may be missing security patches for preloaded malware to exploit. Download the latest drivers from the hardware vendor.
Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver . . . go through old signed drivers with known vulnerabilities that suit the exploit you intend to go through, and then include them in your malware so the OS goes "Oh, this was signed by a legitimate developer . . . like CANON*, we'll totally trust it.", then proceed to pwn the targeted system. . . except in this case you're not even making the malware writers bother to go through that minimal effort because you're keeping on drivers from a questionable source, even though you pretty much wiped every other source of code coming from the same questionable source.
*https://www.securitywee
I'd go with an ARM based system before touching an x86 with Realtek. Better hardware support and far less power usage.
What ARM do you recommend? Last time I checked there wasn't much between a Pi and Mac Mini.
I'd love an ARM mini PC to play around with, but I don't see any snapdragons and RISC-V seems to be way more expensive.... I see the Jetson Nanos are now closer to $200, but they seem more AI focussed. Otherwise, why ARM? The power savings might be $10 per year...
You're taking something that was a proof of concept and blowing it out of proportion.
UEFI and Windows are actually very secure by default in that they now require a specific module to even boot. And there's no way around that without additional user intervention to deliberately disable it.
https://eclypsium.com/blog/supply...-backdoor/
https://unit42.paloalto
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Many manufacturers have their pre-boot loader lased with instructiuons to download malware or ransom ware from an ip. That is the reason why these are banned in many countries.
Formatting HDD will not help as their firmware is laced with malware.
Easy solution: install Linux instead of Windows
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What ARM do you recommend? Last time I checked there wasn't much between a Pi and Mac Mini.
I'd love an ARM mini PC to play around with, but I don't see any snapdragons and RISC-V seems to be way more expensive.... I see the Jetson Nanos are now closer to $200, but they seem more AI focussed. Otherwise, why ARM? The power savings might be $10 per year...
Intel NICs are preferred for PFSense. I think for OPNSense, Realtek is fine. Not sure about other router/firewall software like OpenWRT.
Outside of those use cases, it probably doesn't matter.
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