I would greatly prefer to be able to replace the SMM code on my system, but at some point you're trusting somebody - have you verified your CPU microcode? What does firmware source code buy you if you can't check whether your CPU is actually executing it?
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Re: Everything that glitters isn't Secure Boot
Date: 2013-02-06 07:08 pm (UTC)