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What is an robust business grade solution to BIOS passwords? Didn't write enterprise grade because we have dozens of PCs, not thousands or tenthousands Open sou

What is an robust business grade solution to BIOS passwords? Didn't write enterprise grade because we have dozens of PCs, not thousands or tenthousands Open source friendly solutions preferred. We use only Linux, no Windows.

userbinator 4y ago
What exactly do you mean by "solution"? To reset them?
- usr1106 4y ago
  Set them in a managed way. We use a password generator, but it happens that some machine cannot be unlocked. We don't assume malice, but the biggest error source is probably data enter error when setting it. You cannot see what you type and in real life it has happened that obviously the same typo was made twice, but later we have not been able to guess what it was.
  - numpad0 4y ago
    Intel AMT / vPro perhaps?
    - usr1106 4y ago
      We have considered that. Not really convincing given the security track record of Intel ME. But of course if you run Intel you cannot avoid it anyway, so whether having it idling or using it actively makes a huge difference who knows.