Backdoor in the Backplane. Doing IPMI security better

This report examines security risks in IPMI-based BMC implementations, emphasizing Supermicro exposures such as credential leakage, authentication bypass (e.g., cipher zero), and other critical CVEs (notably CVE-2013-4782 and CVE-2019-16649). It outlines attacker workflows to enumerate and exploit IPMI services (including hash retrieval and default credentials), and recommends mitigations like isolating management interfaces, enforcing strong passwords, disabling unnecessary features, and regularly auditing and updating firmware.