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The issue is not the CMOS chip, it is how the motherboard vendor choose to connect it.
by lostmsu 5y ago
The issue is not the CMOS chip, it is how the motherboard vendor choose to connect it.
- basicplus2 5y agoYes i know... i was just surprised it was referred to as the "CMOS" my curiosity got the better of me and i looked it up and thought other people might be curious too, and I thought it might save people time if I gave the details
- jaclaz 5y agoBut the connection only make "easier" to connect to much larger pins, a determined attacker would be able to connect to the SPI bus even on the teeny-tiny TPM cheap directly, it's only a matter of having some more sophisticated hardware, risking doing a chip-off, etc. Only as an example (and not actually usable in this case unless a chip-off is done), there is what I call a cross-breed between an octopus and a acupuncturist: https://blog.acelaboratory.com/pc-3000-flash-spider-board-adapter-how-to-use-it.html https://blog.acelaboratory.com/pc-3000-flash-spider-board-ad...