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qb45 on April 5, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: AMI-Bios Sourcecode and UEFI Signing Key leaked?

I'm talking about really secure systems, although I'm not sure if such exist in real world.

If we take BIOS security seriously, access to BIOS flash must be restricted to BIOS setup application, for example by programming some non-resettable "write protect" bit before booting the OS.

mentat on April 5, 2013 [–]

Corporate espionage rarely rises to this standard, which was the author's concern.

pacaro on April 5, 2013 | [–]

Dumpster diving seems to be the high point, if Larry[1] is anything to go by.

At least this is what people have be caught doing!

[1] http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,49039,00.ht...

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