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		kelleyk on Nov 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Exploiting Intel’s Management Engine Also, if you need to interact with a Supermicro BMC that doesn't support the HTML5 console (for example, because it's running older firmware), I reverse-engineered the proprietary "iKVM" protocol (along with a lot of other parts of the BMC) and implemented support for it on a branch of noVNC, which you can find here: https://github.com/kelleyk/noVNC

dboreham on Nov 15, 2019 | [–]

Waaaat! Praise be. Now I can justify the last 45min reading HN...

plausibilities on Nov 17, 2019 | | [–]

Thank you for your contribution!

Keeping that "Just buy a shitload of cheap-o eBay 2U/4U hand-me-downs" workflow viable for years to come :D

phil21 on Nov 16, 2019 | [–]

Indeed. We have used this in production for some time now!

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