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Security levels and how to use them
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Security levels and how to use them
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Starting with Intel Falcon Ridge Thunderbolt controller there are 4
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Starting with Intel Falcon Ridge Thunderbolt controller there are 4
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-security levels available. The reason for these is the fact that the
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-connected devices can be DMA masters and thus read contents of the host
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-memory without CPU and OS knowing about it. There are ways to prevent
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-this by setting up an IOMMU but it is not always available for various
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-reasons.
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+security levels available. Intel Titan Ridge added one more security level
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+(usbonly). The reason for these is the fact that the connected devices can
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+be DMA masters and thus read contents of the host memory without CPU and OS
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+knowing about it. There are ways to prevent this by setting up an IOMMU but
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+it is not always available for various reasons.
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The security levels are as follows:
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The security levels are as follows:
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@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ The security levels are as follows:
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USB. No PCIe tunneling is done. In BIOS settings this is
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USB. No PCIe tunneling is done. In BIOS settings this is
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typically called *Display Port Only*.
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typically called *Display Port Only*.
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+ usbonly
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+ The firmware automatically creates tunnels for the USB controller and
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+ Display Port in a dock. All PCIe links downstream of the dock are
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+ removed.
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The current security level can be read from
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The current security level can be read from
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``/sys/bus/thunderbolt/devices/domainX/security`` where ``domainX`` is
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``/sys/bus/thunderbolt/devices/domainX/security`` where ``domainX`` is
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the Thunderbolt domain the host controller manages. There is typically
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the Thunderbolt domain the host controller manages. There is typically
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