> This "backdoor" is Windows performing exactly as designed. It's a documented feature. You say "documented feature", I say "attractive nuisance". Although fi

> This "backdoor" is Windows performing exactly as designed. It's a documented feature. You say "documented feature", I say "attractive nuisance". Although firmware always can tamper with the operating system, it's not a good idea. By formalizing a way to do it, thus making it much easier and more reliable, Microsoft encourages motherboard vendors to do it... which is (1) pretty much guaranteed to lead to them at least sometimes doing things like injecting security holes, and (2) pretty much guaranteed to cause problems that even experienced sysadmins have trouble debugging when it goes wrong in whatever way. It also further entrenches Windows, of course...