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4031 what?

transpute 3y ago
> coreboot is one of the leading extended firmware frameworks, which recently gain popularity thanks to being default boot firmware for Google Chromebooks. It is promoted by Open Compute Project Open System Firmware Committee and recognized by Qubes OS Team as viable option for Hardware Certification. Full list of security classes, https://p.ost2.fyi/ https://p.ost2.fyi/ Architecture 1001: x86-64 Assembly Architecture 2001: x86-64 OS Internals Architecture 4001: x86-64 Intel Firmware Attack & Defense Architecture 4021: Introductory UEFI Architecture 4031: Introductory coreboot These courses on low-level systems architecture, security, firmware, reversing & vulnerabilities were supervised by Xeno Kovah, "OST2: A new way to grow security talent for open source projects", https://archive.fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/ost2/ https://archive.fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/ost2/ > .. working for Apple.. on securing all the lesser-known firmwares on Macs and peripherals - everything from 3rd party GPUs to SecureBoot for monitors! He worked on the x86-side of the T2 SecureBoot architecture, and his final project was leading the M1 SecureBoot architecture - being directly responsible for designing a system that could provide iOS-level security, while still allowing customer choice to trust arbitrary non-Apple code such as Linux bootloaders. He left Apple in Dec 2020 after the M1 Macs shipped, so he could work full time on Open Security Training.
cryptonector 3y ago
In American universities courses are typically numbered with four digits where the first corresponds to the year of a student's career, so freshman (1st year) courses are 1xxx, sophomore courses are 2xxx, and so on. The higher that first digit, the more advanced the course. (Since most bachelors degree careers are four years, courses that start with a 5 are graduate courses.) With that context `Architecture 4031: Introductory Coreboot` is either a bonafide college course title or it's an attempt to sound like one.
- dragontamer 3y ago
  My USA college had 3 digit codes. Introduction to computer science was 101. And most people I know of title '101' as the introduction idea. Second year students take 201, 231, etc. Etc. Third year was 3xx. Fourth year was weird, because you take a few graduate classes. Everything from 4xx standard 4th year stuff, to 6xx or 7xx graduate level stuff was available. ------- I'm pretty sure 6xx or 7xx was more about when the professors felt like teaching btw. A 6xx class was offered every year. 7xx may only be offered once (ever), or maybe every few years at best.
pietrushnic 3y ago
IUUC Xeno's goal was to create a taxonomy for security topics. If you will take a look here: https://ost2.fyi/System%20Security.html https://ost2.fyi/System%20Security.html You can find a bigger plan showing the relation between various numbers of courses. Of course, we can only create minimal courses (compared to those taught in universities) about coreboot or UEFI, but in the long run, we should put together one of the most comprehensive firmware training with open and free access for everyone. You can read more about that motivation on other pages of https://ost2.fyi https://ost2.fyi. Security is a broad topic covering various aspects. Please let us know if you have ideas about improving the used taxonomy since it takes enormous effort to put all security topics on the chart and build a map for students that will provide a seamless learning experience.

4031 what?

> coreboot is one of the leading extended firmware frameworks, which recently gain popularity thanks to being default boot firmware for Google Chromebooks. It is promoted by Open Compute Project Open System Firmware Committee and recognized by Qubes OS Team as viable option for Hardware Certification. Full list of security classes, https://p.ost2.fyi/ https://p.ost2.fyi/ Architecture 1001: x86-64 Assembly Architecture 2001: x86-64 OS Internals Architecture 4001: x86-64 Intel Firmware Attack & Defense Architecture 4021: Introductory UEFI Architecture 4031: Introductory coreboot These courses on low-level systems architecture, security, firmware, reversing & vulnerabilities were supervised by Xeno Kovah, "OST2: A new way to grow security talent for open source projects", https://archive.fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/ost2/ https://archive.fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/ost2/ > .. working for Apple.. on securing all the lesser-known firmwares on Macs and peripherals - everything from 3rd party GPUs to SecureBoot for monitors! He worked on the x86-side of the T2 SecureBoot architecture, and his final project was leading the M1 SecureBoot architecture - being directly responsible for designing a system that could provide iOS-level security, while still allowing customer choice to trust arbitrary non-Apple code such as Linux bootloaders. He left Apple in Dec 2020 after the M1 Macs shipped, so he could work full time on Open Security Training.

cryptonector 3y ago

In American universities courses are typically numbered with four digits where the first corresponds to the year of a student's career, so freshman (1st year) courses are 1xxx, sophomore courses are 2xxx, and so on. The higher that first digit, the more advanced the course. (Since most bachelors degree careers are four years, courses that start with a 5 are graduate courses.) With that context `Architecture 4031: Introductory Coreboot` is either a bonafide college course title or it's an attempt to sound like one.

dragontamer 3y ago
My USA college had 3 digit codes. Introduction to computer science was 101. And most people I know of title '101' as the introduction idea. Second year students take 201, 231, etc. Etc. Third year was 3xx. Fourth year was weird, because you take a few graduate classes. Everything from 4xx standard 4th year stuff, to 6xx or 7xx graduate level stuff was available. ------- I'm pretty sure 6xx or 7xx was more about when the professors felt like teaching btw. A 6xx class was offered every year. 7xx may only be offered once (ever), or maybe every few years at best.

pietrushnic 3y ago

IUUC Xeno's goal was to create a taxonomy for security topics. If you will take a look here: https://ost2.fyi/System%20Security.html https://ost2.fyi/System%20Security.html You can find a bigger plan showing the relation between various numbers of courses. Of course, we can only create minimal courses (compared to those taught in universities) about coreboot or UEFI, but in the long run, we should put together one of the most comprehensive firmware training with open and free access for everyone. You can read more about that motivation on other pages of https://ost2.fyi https://ost2.fyi. Security is a broad topic covering various aspects. Please let us know if you have ideas about improving the used taxonomy since it takes enormous effort to put all security topics on the chart and build a map for students that will provide a seamless learning experience.