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EmbeddedAn Ion of the Highest FidelityRick Altherr spoke with us about high-speed control, complicated systems, and making quantum computers. If you want to know more about building quantum computers, take a listen to Rick's MacroFab episode: The Nuts and Bolts of Quantum Computing. If you want to make your own quantum circuit simulator, it only takes 27 lines of Python: A Quantum Circuit Simulator in 27 Lines of Python. What about if you actually want to know about quantum computing? Rick suggests Quantum computing for the very curious while we look back at Embedded.fm 344: Superposition, Entanglement, and Interference with...
2024-08-231h 01
EmbeddedAn Ion of the Highest FidelityRick Altherr spoke with us about high-speed control, complicated systems, and making quantum computers.If you want to know more about building quantum computers, take a listen to Rick’s MacroFab episode: The Nuts and Bolts of Quantum Computing.If you want to make your own quantum circuit simulator, it only takes 27 lines of Python: A Quantum Circuit Simulator in 27 Lines of Python.What about if you actually want to know about quantum computing? Rick suggests Quantum computing for the very curious while we look back at Embedded.fm 344: Superposition, Entanglement, and Interference wi...
2024-08-231h 01
Circuit Break - A MacroFab PodcastEP#439: The Nuts and Bolts of Quantum Computing - Rick AltherrIn this episode of Circuit Break, hosts Parker Dillmann and Stephen Kraig welcome Rick Altherr, a full stack engineer, to discuss the intricacies of quantum computing. Rick shares insights into the working of quantum processors, particularly the trapped ion approach used by IonQ, and delves into the technical challenges and potential future applications of quantum computing. The conversation covers the practicalities of building quantum computers, the nature of quantum algorithms, and the current limitations that keep quantum computing in the R&D phase.Key Discussion Points:Introduction to Rick Altherr and his background in quantum...
2024-07-121h 08
Microarch Club110: Rick AltherrRick Altherr joins to talk about working on hardware performance analysis tools at Apple during the PowerPC to x86 transition, building flight control software for internet satellites at Google, discovering vulnerabilities in baseboard management controllers, and much more. We also spend an extended portion of the conversation on Rick's current work in quantum computing, including comparing and contrasting with classical computing, and examining some of the challenges of interfacing with these machines today.Rick's Site: https://www.kc8apf.net/Rick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mxshift/Rick on Mastodon: https...
2024-04-242h 16
Oxide and FriendsThe Power of Proto Boards!We've been hosting a live show weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour, and recording them all; here is the recording from January 16th, 2023.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by Nathanael Huffman, Cliff Biffle, Rick Altherr, Matt Keeter, Eric Aasen, and Dan Cross.Check out the show notes on github to browse the images.(00:00) - Intro
(11:42) - Gemini
(18:33) - Root of Trust (RoT) carrier
(20:53) - Power
(23:41) - Trimmed Power
(28:11) - SPI MUX
(29:38) - SPI MUX rework
(33:14) - Gimletlet
(41:10) - Gimletlet NIC
(46:28) - DIMMlet
(56:39...
2023-01-171h 41
Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast060 - The Brie ListJen and Alvaro chat about the last 5 years! Don’t forget to get past guest @TubeTimeUS’s new book Open Circuits over at https://nostarch.com/open-circuits. You can use promo code UNNAMEDRE25 to get 25% off. Alvaro is going to be in a panel about Debugging Embedded Devices in Production on August 25th run by the awesome folks at Memfault. Here are some links to things we mentioned: Toorcamp Ran into past guests: Joe Grand Jared Boon Rick Altherr https://hardwear.io/ One of Alvaro’s side projects: SWD over USB-C Behind the Ri...
2022-08-1352 minOxide and FriendsIntegrating Hardware and Software TeamsOxide and Friends Twitter Space: July 11th, 2022Integrating Hardware and Software TeamsWe've been holding a Twitter Space weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour. Even though it's not (yet?) a feature of Twitter Spaces, we have been recording them all; here is the recording for our Twitter Space for July 11th, 2022.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, our esteemed guest was Jon Masters. Other speakers included Nathaneal Huffman, Tom Lyon, Dan Cross, Rick Altherr, Matt Keeter, Peter Corless, Timon, Siddharth Joshi, Bob Mader, Aaron David Goldman...
2022-07-121h 43Oxide and FriendsDebugging MethodologiesOxide and Friends Twitter Space: May 16th, 2022Debugging MethodologiesWe've been holding a Twitter Space weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour. Even though it's not (yet?) a feature of Twitter Spaces, we have been recording them all; here is the recording for our Twitter Space for May 16th, 2022.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, our special guests on May 16th were Jordan Hendricks and Luqman Aden. Other speakers included jasonbking, Rick Altherr and Ben Kimock. (Did we miss your name and/or get it wrong? Drop...
2022-05-171h 30Oxide and FriendsMore Tales from the Bringup LabOxide and Friends Twitter Space: April 18th, 2022More Tales from the Bringup LabWe've been holding a Twitter Space weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour. Even though it's not (yet?) a feature of Twitter Spaces, we have been recording them all; here is the recording for our Twitter Space for April 18th, 2022.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by members of the Oxide team: Arjen Roodselaar, Nathaneal Huffman, Robert Mustacchi, Aaron Hartwig, Steve Tuck, Matt Keeter, Eric Aasen, Rick Altherr, and RFK.
2022-04-192h 07Oxide and FriendsAnother LPC55 ROM VulnerabilityOxide and Friends Twitter Space: April 4th, 2022Another LPC55 ROM VulnerabilityWe've been holding a Twitter Space weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour. Even though it's not (yet?) a feature of Twitter Spaces, we have been recording them all; here is the recording for our Twitter Space for April 4th, 2022.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, our special guest was Laura Abbott.Other speakers on April 4th included Ian, jasonbking, Todd Gamblin?, Ben ?, MattSci, jasonbking and Evan?. (Did we miss your name and/or...
2022-04-051h 21Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast055 - Stacks Of Bricked ChipsLaura Abbott (website, @openlabbott) from Oxide.computer joins us to chat about reverse engineering the LPC55S69, linux kernel development, and more!Some of the topics we covered: Hubris Operating System Episode with Rick Altherr Laura’s Coworker Cliff’s Website Ghidra objdump SVD Loader for Ghidra Log4j ghidra DEF CON 29 - Breaking TrustZone M: Privilege Escalation on LPC55S69 Arm TrustZone-M TrustedFirmwareM project Oxide’s ROM patch POC Code Golfing Arm assembly manual CVE-2021-31532 PhD Thesis on Linux Kernel community Video about collaboration in kernel mailing lists Episode about Containers Moving the Kernel to Mod...
2022-03-131h 01Oxide and FriendsThe Pragmatism of HubrisOxide and Friends Twitter Space: December 13th, 2021The Pragmatism of HubrisWe’ve been holding a Twitter Space weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour. Even though it’s not (yet?) a feature of Twitter Spaces, we have been recording them all; here is the recording for our Twitter Space for December 13th, 2021.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers on December 13th included special guests Cliff Biffle and Steve Klabnik as well as Laura Abbott, Rick Altherr, James Tucker, Simeon Miteff and MattSci. (Did we miss your...
2021-12-142h 03Oxide and FriendsTales from the Bringup LabOxide and Friends Twitter Space: December 6th, 2021Tales from the Bringup LabWe’ve been holding a Twitter Space weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour. Even though it’s not (yet?) a feature of Twitter Spaces, we have been recording them all; here is the recording for our Twitter Space for December 6th, 2021.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers on December 6th included special guests Nathanael Huffman, Eric Aasen, as well as Rick Altherr, MattSci, Dan Cross and Steve Tuck. (Did we miss your name and...
2021-12-071h 42Oxide and FriendsThe Sidecar SwitchOxide and Friends Twitter Space: November 29th, 2021The Sidecar SwitchWe’ve been holding a Twitter Space weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour. Even though it’s not (yet?) a feature of Twitter Spaces, we have been recording them all; here is the recording for our Twitter Space for November 29th, 2021.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, our special guest was Arjen Roodselaar; other speakers on November 29th included Rick Altherr, Simeon Miteff, MattSci, Jason Ozolins, Thomas and Edwin Peer. (Did we miss your name and/or g...
2021-11-301h 14Oxide and FriendsTalking TurkeysOxide and Friends Twitter Space: November 22nd, 2021Talking TurkeysWe’ve been holding a Twitter Space weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour. Even though it’s not (yet?) a feature of Twitter Spaces, we have been recording them all; here is the recording for our Twitter Space for November 22nd, 2021.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers on November 22nd included Rick Altherr, Ian, Simeon Miteff, MattSci, Nahum Shalman, Jason Ozolins, pgray, Bill Blum, Matt Ranney, Matt Campbell, FesterCluck, Rahul Saxena and Bartz the Man. (Did we m...
2021-11-231h 18Oxide and FriendsNeXT, Objective-C, and contrasting historiesOxide and Friends Twitter Space: July 5, 2021NeXT, Objective-C, and contrasting historiesWe’ve been holding a Twitter Space weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour. Even though it’s not (yet?) a feature of Twitter Spaces, we have been recording them all; here is the recording for our Twitter Space for July 5, 2021.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers on July 5th included Tom Lyon, Ian, bch, Theo Schlossnagle, Rick Altherr, and Nate. (Did we miss your name and/or get it wrong? Drop a PR!)So...
2021-07-061h 11Oxide and FriendsBarracuda 7200.11: broken firmware is broken software!Oxide and Friends Twitter Space: June 7, 2021Barracuda 7200.11: broken firmware is broken software!We’ve been holding a Twitter Space weekly on Mondays at 5p (PT) for about an hour. In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers included Laura Abbott, Joshua Clulow, Dan Cross, Bill Blum, Rick Altherr, Tom Lyon, and others. The recording is here.(Did we miss your name and/or get it wrong? Drop a PR!)Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them:The Seagate ST3000DM001cl...
2021-06-0857 min
Research SaturdayHidden dangers inside Windows and LINUX computers.Eclypsium has issued a study that suggests the prevalence of “unsigned firmware in WiFi adapters, USB hubs, trackpads, and cameras used in computers from Lenovo, Dell, HP and other major manufacturers.” Here to discuss their findings is Rick Altherr, a Principle Engineer at Eclypsium.The research can be found here:Perilous Peripherals: The Hidden Dangers Inside Windows and LINUX Computers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-03-2823 min
Decipher Security PodcastRick AltherrRick Altherr of Eclypsium joins Dennis Fisher to talk about the new research the company published this week on the dangers of unsigned firmware in a wide range of peripherals used in enterprises and home networks.Support the show
2020-02-1923 min
On The MetalJess, Steve, and Bryan reflect on Season 1Some of the highlights of the show include:
Amir Michael's episode: https://oxide.computer/blog/on-the-metal-2-amir-michael/
Jeff Rothschild's episode: https://oxide.computer/blog/on-the-metal-1-jeff-rothschild/
Ron Minnich's episode: https://oxide.computer/blog/on-the-metal-3-ron-minnich/
Dr. Nim: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Nim
Turing Tumble: https://www.turingtumble.com
Rick Altherr's episode: https://oxide.computer/blog/on-the-metal-7-rick-altherr/
Kenneth Finnegans's episode: https://oxide.computer/blog/on-the-metal-6-kenneth-finnegan/
Tom Lyon's episode: https://oxide.computer/blog/on-the-metal-4-tom-lyon/
Datapoint: The Lost Story of the Texans who Invented the Personal Computer Revolution by Lamont Wood: https://www.goodreads.com/book/s...
2020-02-0341 minOn The MetalRick AltherrYou can find Rick on Twitter at https://twitter.com/kc8apf and read his blog at https://www.kc8apf.net/.Some of the highlights of the show include:
USBAnywhere: https://eclypsium.com/2019/09/03/usbanywhere-bmc-vulnerability-opens-servers-to-remote-attack/
Rick's talk at OSFC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrcdHHsfaKQ
OpenBMC: https://github.com/openbmc/openbmc https://lwn.net/Articles/683320/
Wireshark: https://www.wireshark.org/ https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark
Ghidra: https://www.nsa.gov/resources/everyone/ghidra/ https://ghidra-sre.org/ https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
ASPEED: https://www.aspeedtech.com/products.php?fPath=20&rId=440
Nuvoton: https://www.nuvoton.com...
2020-01-1357 min
EmbeddedAttack Other People's RefrigeratorsRick Altherr (@kc8apf) spoke with us about firmware security and mentoring. Rick is a security researcher at Eclypsium. His personal website is kc8apf.net. Rick's deeply technical dive into reverse engineering car ECUs and FPGA bitstreams was on the Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast, episode 24. He also spoke with Chris Gammell The Amp Hour 357 about monitoring servers, many many servers. Firmware security links: STRIDE threat model OWASP Top 10 Security Risks OWASP IoT Firmware Analysis OWASP Embedded Application Security Best Practices Common Vulnerabilities...
2019-11-221h 08Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast024 - Cars, Servers, and FPGAs!Rick Altherr joined Jen and Alvaro to talk about reverse engineering cars, server BMC’s, FPGA’s, and more! You can find Rick on Mastodon @kc8apf and on his website: http://www.kc8apf.net Rick will be giving trainings at RingZer0: https://www.ringzer0.training/system-firmware-attack-defense.html Here are some links about the topics we covered: https://eclypsium.com https://ai.google/research/pubs/pub46352 DE-9/DB-9 Intel HEX Format S-Box EFI BIOS Real Mode PXE ROM BMC Dell's iDRAC HP’s iLO IPMI U-Boot EFI - TianoCore Intel SVT DVI ca...
2019-07-151h 27Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast017 - Supercon 2018 Part 2Jen and Alvaro were at the 2018 Hackaday Superconference! Sorry for the audio quality, we recorded in a fairly loud environment. Sarah Petkus and Mark Koch http://zoness.com Digital Calipers SHE BON project Solstice Rick Altherr http://www.kc8apf.net Hex Fiend Ruth Grace Wong & Joe Rozner Piotr Esden & Dominc Spill Black Magic Probe HackRF One Have comments or suggestions for us? Find us on twitter @unnamed_show, or email us at show@unnamedre.com. Music by TeknoAxe (http://www.youtube.com/user/teknoaxe)
2018-11-1147 min
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