Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoChina releases 'UBIOS' standard to replace UEFI — Huawei-backed BIOS firmware replacement charges China's domestic computing goalswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkChina releases 'UBIOS' standard to replace UEFI — Huawei-backed BIOS firmware replacement charges China's domestic computing goalswww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day agoIf I managed to get root, either by compromising account credentials or using some sort of escalation exploit, I could write whatever I wanted to the boot sector. Secure boot will prevent that modified boot sector from booting. “More security is a bad thing” is a weird take
If I managed to get root, either by compromising account credentials or using some sort of escalation exploit, I could write whatever I wanted to the boot sector. Secure boot will prevent that modified boot sector from booting.
“More security is a bad thing” is a weird take