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>The boot loader should be simple and relatively dumb IMHO, then it is secure. If it should be bigger then it should be Open source. I do not see why it would
by fghtr 7y ago
>The boot loader should be simple and relatively dumb IMHO, then it is secure. If it should be bigger then it should be Open source.
I do not see why it would be different for any other software.
- jraph 7y agoIt's not, in my opinion. And if the piece of software is simple and dumb, I don't really see why it should not be open source neither.
- adrianratnapala 7y agoWell simple and dumb generally is good for all engineered things, as long as they aren't so dumb that they can't do their job. This principle applies especially well to boot loaders, because the job of a bootloader is to hand control off to some other, more sophisticated piece software.
- marcosdumay 7y agoWell, you can sandbox anything that is loaded on top of a Free layer, you computer's boot firmware is certainly not on such place.