This code is running on a dedicated Zynq SoC on the miner, where it's treated more as "firmware". Any capability based system running on this SoC would be desig

This code is running on a dedicated Zynq SoC on the miner, where it's treated more as "firmware". Any capability based system running on this SoC would be designed by Bitmain, so they could just backdoor it as well. In addition, the software is required to make outgoing connections, for the stratum mining protocol.