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Author: Hendrik Boom
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Critical CVE?
On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 08:12:06AM -0600, the pterodactyl wrote:
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> what is to
> stop a root attacker from entering and inserting something
> nefarious in a PC's UEFI firmware? (I curse Microsoft et al for
> foisting this UEFI abomination on the world every time I think of it.)


Hard to find machines without it nowadays. Even configuring it to use
so-called "legacy boot" just emulates legacy boot on top of UEFI.

My laptop uses a version of coreboot. That's the way I bought it new.
But it is aging. I wish it still had working audio hardware and an
actual battery.

-- hendrik