One of the questions often asked on here is what is/whether to buy a vPro network card.
The advice from myself - and others - is usually a flat nope.
vPro basically has additional hardware and coding that allows additional remote administration.
Unless you're in a corporation, any added "remote management" type items should be eschewed as they ultimately increase the potential pathways for hackers.
And it's not just network cards that fall foul of this. Almost all HP servers have a remote management board - an iLO (integrated Lights-Out) card that allows lots of remote goodness from powering servers on and off, to viewing their power usage, general health and even remote control.
But...then you find out things like they can be accessed with 29 "A"'s...
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ion-on-hpe-ilo4-servers-with-29-a-characters/
So the advice still stands...if you don't need it, don't get it. It's kinda hard to hack something that doesn't phyiscally exist
The advice from myself - and others - is usually a flat nope.
vPro basically has additional hardware and coding that allows additional remote administration.
Unless you're in a corporation, any added "remote management" type items should be eschewed as they ultimately increase the potential pathways for hackers.
And it's not just network cards that fall foul of this. Almost all HP servers have a remote management board - an iLO (integrated Lights-Out) card that allows lots of remote goodness from powering servers on and off, to viewing their power usage, general health and even remote control.
But...then you find out things like they can be accessed with 29 "A"'s...
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ion-on-hpe-ilo4-servers-with-29-a-characters/
So the advice still stands...if you don't need it, don't get it. It's kinda hard to hack something that doesn't phyiscally exist