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1. born 329ppm on Ngāi Tahu land (dch@bsd.network)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Apr-2022 03:03:38 UTC born 329ppm on Ngāi Tahu land

   #fedi help I am looking for a blog post about somebody *running* Linux on an SFP. I should have bookmarked it but I'm a numpty, and search is turning up empty handed.

   - this is *not* running linux on a server and having a fibre SFP plugged into it

   it is:

   - actually hacking the SFP itself
   - installing linux in the control plane arm CPU of the SFP

   does this ring any bells?

   • peter hessler @openbsd (phessler@bsd.network)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Apr-2022 03:03:38 UTC peter hessler @openbsd

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     @dch I remember seeing this as well, and reading the blog post.

     can't help you *where* the blog is, but I can confirm that I did see the same thing.

   • Carl Winbäck (giffengrabber@mastodon.se)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Apr-2022 03:03:38 UTC Carl Winbäck

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     • peter hessler @openbsd

     @phessler @dch Could it perhaps be this…?

     Ghost in the ethernet optic
     : https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/smart-sfp-linux-inside

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   • The_Gibson (thegibson@hackers.town)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Apr-2022 03:06:49 UTC The_Gibson

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     • peter hessler @openbsd
     • Paul Gatling
     • Carl Winbäck

     @paulgatling @giffengrabber @phessler @dch

     No I hadn't, and this is a tremendously bad idea... I'm sure everyone will start using them in the next year.

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   • Paul Gatling (paulgatling@bsd.network)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Apr-2022 03:06:50 UTC Paul Gatling

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     • The_Gibson
     • peter hessler @openbsd
     • Carl Winbäck

     @giffengrabber
     Holy crap this thing! @thegibson have you seen this SFP yet? What a vector!
     @phessler @dch