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minus-squareonlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoDoes BIOS have secure boot? Or can secure boot be built upon anything?
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months ago No. And that is a good thing. Sure. If you want your boot sector to be a super effective attack vector.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·6 months agoIf I managed to get root, either by compromising account credentials or using some sort of escalation exploit, I could write whatever I wanted to the boot sector. Secure boot will prevent that modified boot sector from booting. “More security is a bad thing” is a weird take
minus-squareonlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months ago No. And that is a good thing. Why is that a good thing?
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Does BIOS have secure boot? Or can secure boot be built upon anything?
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Sure. If you want your boot sector to be a super effective attack vector.
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If I managed to get root, either by compromising account credentials or using some sort of escalation exploit, I could write whatever I wanted to the boot sector. Secure boot will prevent that modified boot sector from booting.
“More security is a bad thing” is a weird take
Why is that a good thing?