vPro is going to run anyway. Some features of it are part of the ME, some are at user level.
If you hit on the OS loopback, there's probably something also running on your OS. Maybe a management daemon that comes installed? You'd be correct in that it _doesn't_ use the NIC there.
The out of band stuff most people will be using vPro for though is part of the ME.
The scary parts, the Active Management Engine, claims these ports:
- 16992 (SOAP/HTTP)
- 16993 (SOAP/HTTPS)
- 16994 (Redirection/TCP)
- 16995 (Redirection/TLS)
KVM runs over the last two.
Gregory's Server
@novenary@akko.wtf @Sqaaakoi@wetdry.world @i_lost_my_bagel@mastodon.lilysthings.org @samebchase@fantastic.earth I may be stupid. :spinny_fox:
vPro is going to run anyway. Some features of it are part of the ME, some are at user level.
If you hit on the OS loopback, there's probably something also running on your OS. Maybe a management daemon that comes installed? You'd be correct in that it _doesn't_ use the NIC there.
The out of band stuff most people will be using vPro for though is part of the ME.