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Re:EC2 Dedicated Hosts by toomuchtodo on Monday November 23, 2015 @08:22PM (#10618557)
At the hardware purchasing level Amazon operates with for AWS hardware, I'm sure they're able to (if they required it) spec custom BIOS requirements that perform integrity verification of subsystems before permitting power up to continue. Whether they do or not is a different question (although I'm sure someone could test this theory).
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Re:EC2 Dedicated Hosts by wtallis on Monday November 23, 2015 @08:53PM (#10618674)
They could also just spec that firmware be stored on ROM rather than flash.
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Re:EC2 Dedicated Hosts by tehmaco on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @03:55AM (#10619799)
Or that a hardware jumper needs to be set on the motherboard before any firmware updates can be done.
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