Identifying Risky Counterfeit Intel Gigabit CT Network Adapters
Maybe it is just me, but I fail to see any evidence that a counterfeit card is necessarily a security risk.<p>It is IMHO more likely that it has inferior performance or even more probably a shorter lifetime due to inferior quality of components and&#x2F;or sub-standard manufacturing.<p>About the:<p>&gt;When our reader tried using iPXE, a network booting tool, with the NIC, it failed even though genuine cards work without issue.<p>knowing how picky PXE and iPXE are, I would like to see some details of the tests performed.<p>Since the actual reproduction of markings was so poor, and given that the actual PCB traces run differently, it is likely a no-brand or &quot;bulk&quot; item marked as Intel, as an example, have a look at this one:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;italian.alibaba.com&#x2F;product-detail&#x2F;pci-e-pci-express-gigabit-ethernet-network-card-adapters-slot-rj45-nic-10-100-1000m-diskless-lan-card-62084565969.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;italian.alibaba.com&#x2F;product-detail&#x2F;pci-e-pci-express...</a><p>It seems <i>a lot</i> like it.