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This may be relevant, from 2012: "Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing" https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html https://boingboing.ne
by AceJohnny2 7y ago
This may be relevant, from 2012:
"Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing"
https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html
Note that the UEFI spec for x86 requires user-modifiable keys (after public outcry), but the spec for ARM requires NO user-modifiable keys. (Edit: actually this may only be a Windows requirement)
- p_l 7y agoUEFI spec insists in root of trust being specified by vendor, Microsoft requires ability to set completely owner-controlled keys because they offer that as part of highest security mode on Windows for corporate clients.
- xxpor 7y agoDoes anyone actually use uefi on arm (maybe outside of surface tablets?)
- als0 7y agoAll modern ARM servers use UEFI since it's required by their server base architecture specifications.