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Will official Intel drivers work on a counterfeit card? It seems like Intel would bake some authentication into the drivers and authentic hardware such that the
by LUmBULtERA 7y ago
Will official Intel drivers work on a counterfeit card? It seems like Intel would bake some authentication into the drivers and authentic hardware such that the drivers would not work if the card is counterfeit.
- rasz 7y ago>authentication Where? Intel sells network chips to OEMs, one of the more shady ones decided to directly clone Intel PCB.
- LUmBULtERA 7y agoIn this case, are you saying the answer is "Yes, official Intel drivers will work on a counterfeit card," and it is not possible for Intel to include anything in the driver or hardware that can perform authentication? I was asking because I don't know.
- blackflame7000 7y agoThey could but its simply too expensive to add something like a secure enclave to a device this cheap. Maybe on your high-end 10-100 GBe adapters that sell for 100s of dollars, it makes sense. I just don't think they are aware of the problem to the degree that they would make such big changes.