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Re:AMI-Bios Sourcecode and UEFI Signing Key leaked? by qb45 on Friday April 05, 2013 @12:28PM (#5499386)
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.

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Re:AMI-Bios Sourcecode and UEFI Signing Key leaked? by mentat on Friday April 05, 2013 @12:54PM (#5499555)
Corporate espionage rarely rises to this standard, which was the author's concern.
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Re:AMI-Bios Sourcecode and UEFI Signing Key leaked? by pacaro on Friday April 05, 2013 @04:48PM (#5500963)
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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