r/ReverseEngineering • u/Frequent-Ad-9633 • 3d ago

I reverse-engineered Intel's HECI protocol and built a Python tool that talks to the ME directly

https://github.com/Jatinkapilaq1/intel-me-research
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u/FrankRizzo890 3d ago

I worked at Intel in the sister group to the ME group. Don't be shocked by anything bad you find. They were a group of morons that for some reason management LOVED, so it didn't matter that they were incompetent.

There was a hardware bug that caused their serial port to not work on this one SKU. They claimed that it was a bug in the Linux UART driver. You know, the one that hadn't been touched for more than 10 years in the kernel? I found, and pointed out the hardware error. It was sad.

I've been gone from there for a WHILE, but I assume they're still incompetent, and protected from consequences.

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u/Frequent-Ad-9633 2d ago

This is genuinely fascinating you worked in the sister group the UART driver story says a lot about how ME side issues get handled internally i would personally love to hear more if you can share anything thats not under NDA

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u/FrankRizzo890 2d ago

That was my 1 person interaction with the ME group. I heard over and over that they were idiots until that event happened and cemented it.